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

Autor/in	Kunz, Johannes S.
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	In: German economic review, 17 (2016) 1, S. 61-91 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1465-6485; 1468-0475
DOI	10.1111/geer.12062
Schlagwörter	Kompetenz; Bildungssystem; Schulleistung; Zweite Generation; Lesen; Migrationshintergrund; Internationaler Vergleich; Ausländer; 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? rst-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 stu- dents fare. My results suggest that the educa tional system of Switzerland, relative to the German system, enhances the performance of immigrants' children substantially. This disparity is largest when conditioning on the langu age spoken at home, and prevail s even when comparing only students whose parents migrated from the same country of origin." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse; Querschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2009 bis 2009.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2016/3