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PISA Results: What a Difference Immigration Law Makes

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dc.creator Entorf, Horst
dc.creator Minoiu, Nicoleta
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:09:36Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:09:36Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20256
dc.identifier ppn:379324954
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20256
dc.description 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 immigration (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US). Econometric results show that the influence of the socioeconomic background of parents differs strongly across nations, with the highest impact found for Germany, the UK and US, whereas social mobility is more likely in Scandinavian countries and in Canada. Moreover, 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 preschools, with particular emphasis on language skills at the early stage of childhood.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 1021
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject O15
dc.subject J18
dc.subject J15
dc.subject I20
dc.subject Z13
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject PISA tests
dc.subject socioeconomic status
dc.subject migration
dc.subject social mobility
dc.subject language skills
dc.subject Migranten
dc.subject Einwanderungsrecht
dc.subject Bildungsniveau
dc.subject Soziale Integration
dc.subject Familiensoziologie
dc.subject Soziale Schicht
dc.subject Sprache
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject OECD-Staaten
dc.subject PISA
dc.title PISA Results: What a Difference Immigration Law Makes
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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