Inequality of Learning amongst Immigrant Children in Industrialised Countries
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Schnepf, Sylke V.
Abstract / Description
Literature examining immigrants' educational disadvantage across countries focuses generally on average differences in educational outcomes between immigrants and natives disguising thereby that immigrants are a highly heterogeneous group. The aim of this paper is to examine educational inequalities among immigrants in eight high immigration countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA. Results indicate that for almost all countries immigrants' educational dispersion is considerably higher than for natives. For most countries higher educational dispersion derives from very low achieving immigrants. Quantile regression results reveal that at lower percentiles language skills impact more on educational achievement than at the top of the achievement distribution. Results are presented separately for immigrants of different age cohorts, varying time of immigrants' residence in the host country and subject examined (maths and reading) highlighting thereby the different patterns found by immigrant group and achievement measure.
Keyword(s)
Erziehung Ungleichheit Einwanderung PISA TIMSS PIRLS education educational inequalities immigration PISA TIMSS PIRLSPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2008
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Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;3337
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Schnepf, Sylke V.
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Made available on2022-11-17T11:03:17Z
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Date of first publication2008
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Abstract / DescriptionLiterature examining immigrants' educational disadvantage across countries focuses generally on average differences in educational outcomes between immigrants and natives disguising thereby that immigrants are a highly heterogeneous group. The aim of this paper is to examine educational inequalities among immigrants in eight high immigration countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA. Results indicate that for almost all countries immigrants' educational dispersion is considerably higher than for natives. For most countries higher educational dispersion derives from very low achieving immigrants. Quantile regression results reveal that at lower percentiles language skills impact more on educational achievement than at the top of the achievement distribution. Results are presented separately for immigrants of different age cohorts, varying time of immigrants' residence in the host country and subject examined (maths and reading) highlighting thereby the different patterns found by immigrant group and achievement measure.en
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Persistent Identifierhttps://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16094
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1072
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8987
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Language of contenteng
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Is part ofIZA Discussion Paper Series No. 3337
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Is part of seriesForschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;3337
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Keyword(s)Erziehungde
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Keyword(s)Ungleichheitde
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Keyword(s)Einwanderungde
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Keyword(s)PISAde
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Keyword(s)TIMSSde
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Keyword(s)PIRLSde
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Keyword(s)educationen
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Keyword(s)educational inequalitiesen
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Keyword(s)immigrationen
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Keyword(s)PISAen
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Keyword(s)TIMSSen
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Keyword(s)PIRLSen
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleInequality of Learning amongst Immigrant Children in Industrialised Countriesen
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DRO typereport
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Visible tag(s)PsyDok