Immigrants’ educational disadvantage: an examination across ten countries and three surveys
Schnepf, Sylke Viola (2007) Immigrants’ educational disadvantage: an examination across ten countries and three surveys. Journal of Population Economics, 20, (3), 527-545. (doi:10.1007/s00148-006-0102-y).
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Studies on immigrants’ disadvantage focus predominantly on labour market perspectives. Immigrants’ poor education is a subject much less examined especially in a cross-national context. This paper examines differences in educational achievement between immigrants and natives across ten OECD countries. In English-speaking countries, immigrants fare best, while in Continental European countries they fare worse compared to natives. Whilst language skills seem to explain immigrants’ disadvantage in English-speaking countries, socioeconomic background and school segregation are further important determinants of immigrants’ gap in Continental Europe. Results presented are predominantly robust across three sources of achievement data: PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0933-1433 (print) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Social Statistics |
| Item ID: | 39723 |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jul 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 04:35 |
| Contributors: | Schnepf, Sylke Viola (Author) |
| Date: | July 2007 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | S.V.Schnepf@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/39723 |
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