Goals and gaps: Educational careers of immigrant children.

Autor/inn/en	Carlana, Michela; La Ferrara, Eliana; Pinotti, Paolo
Institution	Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (London)
Titel	Goals and gaps: Educational careers of immigrant children. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Ziele und Defizite: Bildungsverläufe der Kinder von Einwanderern.
Quelle	London (2018), 59 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	CReAM discussion paper. 2018,12
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bildungschance; Bildungsmotivation; Chancengleichheit; Soziale Ungleichheit; Bildungsberatung; Schullaufbahn; Beratung; Sekundarbereich; Schullaufbahnentscheidung; Schüler; Abitur; Mentoring; Inländer; Migrationshintergrund; Berufsausbildung; Studienberechtigung; Ausländer; Italien
Abstract	"We study the educational choices of children of immigrants in a tracked school system. We first show that immigrants in Italy enroll disproportionately into vocational high schools, as opposed to technical and academically-oriented high schools, compared to natives of similar ability. The gap is greater for male students and it mirrors an analogous differential in grade retention. We then estimate the impact of a large-scale, randomized intervention providing tutoring and career counseling to high-ability immigrant students. Male treated students increase their probability of enrolling into the high track to the same level of natives, also closing the gap in terms of grade retention. There are no significant effects on immigrant girls, who exhibit similar choices and performance as native ones in absence of the intervention. Increasesin academic motivation and changes in teachers' recommendation regarding high school choice explain as izable portion of the effect, while the effect of increases in cognitive skills is negligible. Finally, we find positive spillovers on immigrant class mates of treated students, while there is no effect on native class mates." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2019/1