Analyzing educational achievement differences between second-generation immigrants. Comparing Germany and German-speaking Switzerland.

Autor/in	Kunz, Johannes S.
Institution	CESifo GmbH
Titel	Analyzing educational achievement differences between second-generation immigrants. Comparing Germany and German-speaking Switzerland. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Analyse der Unterschiede des Bildungserfolgs unter Einwanderern der zweiten Generation. Vergleich zwischen Deutschland und der deutsch-sprachigen Schweiz.
Quelle	München (2014), 62 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	CESifo working paper. 5020
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Kompetenz; Bildungssystem; Schüler; Schulleistung; Zweite Generation; Lesen; Migrationshintergrund; Internationaler Vergleich; Institution; Ausländer; PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment); Deutschland; Schweiz
Abstract	In this study, I provide evidence that the educational achievement of second-generation immigrants in German-speaking Switzerland is greater than in Germany. The impact of the first-generation immigrants' destination decision on their offspring's educational achievement seems to be much more important than has been recognized by the existing literature. I identify the test score gap between these students that cannot be explained by differences in individual and family characteristics. Moreover, I show how this gap evolves over the test score distribution and how the least favorably-endowed students fare. My results suggest that the educational system of Switzerland, relative to the German system, enhances the performance of immigrants' children substantially. This disparity is largest when conditioning on the language spoken at home, and prevails even when comparing only students whose parents migrated from the same country of origin. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2015/2