The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national …, for all countries our estimations imply that for students with a migration background a key for catching up is the … language spoken at home. We conclude that educational policy should focus on integration of immigrant children in schools and …

literature dealing with the evaluation of labor market programs and with the economic integration of immigrants. Next to …

International migration of people is a momentous and complex phenomenon. Research on its causes and consequences …, requires sufficient data. While some datasets are available, the nature of migration complicates their scientific use …. Virtually no existing dataset captures international migration trajectories. To alleviate these difficulties, we suggest: (i …

habits)?; (iii) how does religiosity of immigrants affect integration: is it serving as a bridge that smoothens integration … into the local population, or as a buffer against the harsh integration process?; and (iv) are the intersections between … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …

immigrants in the Netherlands towards integration. Shortly after the attacks, Muslim immigrants' perceived integration, as … for the existence of a negative trend in the integration of Muslims prior to the terrorist attacks. We further show that … terrorism has a particularly negative impact on the integration of the highly educated, employed, and less religious Muslims …

for their integration in the labor market. Since the focus is on the understanding of the self-employment decision, a two …, although only among a number of other determinants. For Germany, legal status at entry is important; former refugees and those … migrants who arrive through family reunification are less likely to work full-time; refugees are also less self-employed. Those …

socioeconomic background of parents and cultural capital at home. Some adverse 'integration effects' do exist for female migrants in …