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Migrants at school : educational inequality and social interaction in the UK and Germany
Entorf, Horst; Tatsi, Eirini - 2009
; education ; peer effects ; migrants …We test potential social costs of educational inequality by analysing the influence of spatial and social segregation … suggest that the educational gap between natives and migrants is mainly due to the 'endowment effect' provided by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003846006
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Migrants at School: Educational Inequality and Social Interaction in the UK and Germany
Entorf, Horst; Tatsi, Eirini - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We test potential social costs of educational inequality by analysing the influence of spatial and social segregation … suggest that the educational gap between natives and migrants is mainly due to the 'endowment effect' provided by the … socioeconomic background of parents and cultural capital at home. Some adverse 'integration effects' do exist for female migrants in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976888
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Migrants at School : Educational Inequality and Social Interaction in the UK and Germany
Entorf, Horst - 2009
We test potential social costs of educational inequality by analysing the influence of spatial and social segregation … suggest that the educational gap between natives and migrants is mainly due to the 'endowment effect' provided by the … socioeconomic background of parents and cultural capital at home. Some adverse 'integration effects' do exist for female migrants in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159513
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PISA Results : What a Difference Immigration Law Makes
Entorf, Horst; Minoiu, Nicoleta - 2021
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national languages for the PISA school performance of teenagers living in European countries (France, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, and Sweden) and traditional countries of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319498
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What a Difference Immigration Law Makes : Pisa Results, Migration Background and Social Mobility in Europe and Traditional Countries of Immigration
Entorf, Horst; Minoiu, Nicoleta - 2008
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national languages for the PISA school performance of teenagers living in European countries (France, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, and Sweden) and traditional countries of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014071680
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What a Difference Immigration Law Makes: PISA Results, Migration Background and Social Mobility in Europe and Traditional Countries of Immigration
Minoiu, Nicoleta; Entorf, Horst - 2004
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national languages for the PISA school performance of teenagers living in European countries (France, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, and Sweden) and traditional countries of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297318
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PISA Results: What a Difference Immigration Law Makes
Entorf, Horst; Minoiu, Nicoleta - 2004
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national languages for the PISA school performance of teenagers living in European countries (France, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, and Sweden) and traditional countries of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261789
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Gender and racial differences in peer effects of limited English students : a story of language or ethnicity?
Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2016
There is a perception among native born parents in the U.S. that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina there has been a significant increase in immigrants especially those with limited English language skills and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450111
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Gender and racial differences in peer effects of limited English students : a story of language or ethnicity?
Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 6 (2016) 2, pp. 1-18
There is a perception among native born parents in the USA that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina, there has been a significant increase in immigrants, especially those with limited English language skills....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619201
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Peers, neighborhoods and immigrant student achievement: evidence from a placement policy
Åslund, Olof; Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; … - 2009
Immigrants typically perform worse than other students in the OECD countries. We examine to what extent this is due to the population characteristics of the neighborhoods that immigrants grow up in. We address this issue using a governmental refugee placement policy which provides exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269449