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this study we examine the relationship between Kindergarten attendance and the 7th grade school placement of children in … West Germany, differentiating associations for the children of German citizens as compared to those of immigrants. Using … results indicate that there is no significant correlation between Kindergarten attendance of children of German citizens and …
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enroll in kindergarten. Taking advantage of heterogeneity across cantons we find that early kindergarten enrollment …
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This paper examines whether the results of the earnings equation developed in the overeducation/required eduation/under-education (ORU) literature are sensitive to whether the usual or reference levels of education are measured using the Realized Matches or Worker Self-Assessment methods. The...
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We study whether a higher share of immigrant pupils affects the school performance of natives using aggregate multi … is small: doubling the share of immigrant pupils in secondary schools from its current sample average of 4.8 percent to … natives. There is also evidence that conditional on the average share of immigrant pupils reducing the dispersion of this …
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We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children first enter (primary) school. Early age at school entry significantly affects mobility and reduces the relative advantage of children of better educated parents.
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We examine whether the sorting of differently achieving students into differently sized classes results in a regressive or compensatory pattern of class sizes for a sample of national school systems. Sorting effects are identified by subtracting the causal effect of class size on performance...
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population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and …This paper examines differences in educational achievement between immigrants and natives in ten countries with a high … the USA. The first step of the analysis shows how far countries differ regarding immigrants? educational disadvantage. In …
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transmission for natives and second generation immigrants. The level of secondary schooling attained by youth aged 17 is related to …
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Using two Dutch labour force surveys, employment assimilation of immigrants is examined. We observe marked differences … between immigrants by source country. Non-western immigrants never reach parity with native Dutch. Even second generation … immigrants never fully catch up. Caribbean immigrants, who share a colonial history with the Dutch, assimilate relatively quick …
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This paper analyzes the determinants of interethnic marriages among immigrants in the United States. The dependent … individuals with similar education levels, providing evidence of positive assortative mating by education for immigrants …
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