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Intergenerational Education Mobility among the Children of Canadian Immigrants

Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We analyze the intergenerational education mobility of Canadian men and women born to immigrants. A detailed portrait … education has not changed across the birth cohorts of the post-war period. …

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Gender and Race Heterogeneity: The Impact of Increases in Students with Limited English on Native Students' Performance

Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina. Recent evidence from North Carolina suggests that increases in Limited English students' concentration have led to a slight decline in performance solely for students at the top...

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Do Significant Immigrant Inflows Create Negative Education Impacts? Lessons from the North Carolina Public School System

Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

academic performance of native students who remain. To address this question, we analyze education data from North Carolina, a …

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The International Transferability of Immigrants’ Human Capital Skills

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational …

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Economic and Ethnic Polarisation among Children in Sweden’s Three Metropolitan Areas

Biterman, Danuta; Gustafsson, Bjorn; Österberg, Torun - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

polarisation. Based on estimated regression models, we conclude that increased returns to parental education have forcefully …

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How Important Is Homeland Education for Refugees' Economic Position in The Netherlands?

Hartog, Joop; Zorlu, Aslan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

We use data on refugees admitted to the Netherlands that include registration of education in their homeland by … finding is the absence of returns to higher education. …

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The Effect of Marriage on Education of Immigrants: Evidence from a Policy Reform Restricting Spouse Import

Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Smith, Nina; Celikaksoy, Aycan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We investigate the effect of immigrants’ marriage behavior on dropout from education. To identify the causal effect, we …

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