Zerrin Salikutluk
Biographic Data
| ID | 253227 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zerrin Salikutluk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zerrin |
| FAMILY NAME | Salikutluk |
| SIGNATURE | SALIKUTLUK Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0052-0693 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 140 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Ambitious, misaligned, or uncertain? The occupational and educational aspirations of immigrant-origin youth in Germany
Immigrant-origin students often hold higher educational aspirations than native-origin peers, accounting for socioeconomic status and school grades. The consequences of this ‘Immigrant Aspiration Paradox’ (IAP) on their socioeconomic attainment are debated. Although individuals’ occupational aspirations and how they compare with their educational aspirations (i.e. their alignment) also affect status attainment, they are understudied in the IAP li…
Gender employment gap at arrival and its dynamics: The case of refugees in Germany
In recent years, refugee women’s experiences have received considerable attention in the academic discourse on immigrant labor market integration. Taking a dynamic perspective, we investigate gender differences in the labor market integration of refugees who arrived in Germany between 2013 and 2019. We examine refugees' trajectories in the early post-arrival period and explore a number of conditions that have been proposed to influence gendered l…
Migration and Dynamics in Men's and Women's Domestic Work
International migration of couples is rising. Still, there is little evidence on men's and women's domestic work hours before and after migration. This is despite the fact that domestic work provides deep insights into family life and, for migrants, is directly linked to integration. Therefore, this study examines how immigrant men and women change their domestic work hours following migration, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOE…
The Link between Social and Structural Integration: Co- and Interethnic Friendship Selection and Social Influence within Adolescent Social Networks
Assimilation theories argue that social ties with majority-group members enhance the structural integration of ethnic minority members, whereas under certain conditions, coethnic social ties can also benefit minority members' socioeconomic outcomes. We examine these propositions through a social network perspective, focusing on friendship networks and educational expectations in adolescence, during which peer socialization is crucial. Longitudina…
Oppositional culture revisited. Friendship dynamics and the creation of social capital among Turkish minority adolescents in Germany
Ethnic differences in the endowment with social capital can exacerbate intergroup inequalities. Pursuing this argument, we first compare the educational compositions of friendship networks between Turkish minority and native majority adolescents in Germany. Second, we pick up notions from Oppositional Culture Theory (OCT) to examine how ethnic differences in the composition of friendship networks come about. In a sample of 2,419 students in 74 se…
Aiming High, No Matter What: Educational Aspirations of Ethnic Minority and Ethnic Majority Youth in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden
The authors examine cross-national variation in the ethnic gradient in aspirations among 14-year-olds in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden by using data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries, collected in 2009/2010. Results show that most ethnic minority groups are more likely to have university aspirations than ethnic majority youth. The most consistent minority advantage is found in England an…
Full Shelves, Good Skills: Immigration, Adolescent Language Aptitude and New Evidence on Books in the Home from Four European Countries
Evidence suggests that books in the childhood home impact children’s educational and occupational attainments. Previous research finds this ‘book effect’ after conditioning on parental socio-economic status and national context. Human and cultural capital theories offer plausible explanations for this book effect. However, mechanisms underlying the book effect remain empirically illusory. Drawing on previous findings, the authors develop theoreti…
Social influence or selection? Peer effects on the development of adolescents’ educational expectations in Germany
Educational expectations are a key predictor of educational attainment. Throughout adolescence, friends increasingly function as ‘significant others’ and, thus, can affect the development of these expectations. Although scholars often interpret the clustering of students with similar expectations within friendship networks as the outcome of peer influence, a similarity of friends can also be a result of friendship selection processes and preselec…
Do Gender Roles and Norms Affect Performance in Maths? The Impact of Adolescents' and their Peers' Gender Conceptions on Maths Grades
Although girls outperform boys in academic achievement in general, boys still have an advantage in STEM fields in many countries. One possible explanation for the female disadvantage in maths and their under-representation in technical professions is culturally embedded beliefs about female inferiority and male superiority in maths and related disciplines. On the one hand, these beliefs can lead to different subject-specific investment strategies…
Why Do Immigrant Students Aim High? Explaining the Aspiration-Achievement Paradox of Immigrants in Germany
Educational aspirations are generally based on past academic achievement and families’ endowment with the resources needed to reach targeted educational levels. However, although they perform worse at school and hold lower social status, previous research observes that some ethnic minorities tend to express higher educational ambitions than natives. This study discusses and tests possible reasons for this striking finding using German data from t…
Wer ist tatsächlich benachteiligt? Die Wirkung traditioneller Geschlechterrollen auf schulische Leistungen und elterliche Aspirationen in deutschen und türkischen Familien / Who Is Indeed Disadvantage…
Traditionelle Geschlechterrollen werden einerseits als Grund für die Benachteiligung von Mädchen gesehen, andererseits wird argumentiert, dass das schlechte Abschneiden von Jungen im Bildungssystem mit traditionellen Männlichkeitsvorstellungen zusammenhänge. Empirische Analysen der Daten aus den Projekten Junge Migranten im deutschen und israelischen Bildungssystem und Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries zeigen, …
Attitudes and expectations: Do attitudes towards education mediate the relationship between social networks and parental expectations
Previous international research has shown that educational goals are fundamental for explaining differences in the educational attainment between individuals. For a better understanding of educational inequality, it is therefore crucial to know more about the mechanisms leading to different expectations. Our paper contributes to this field of research by empirically testing how social networks affect educational expectations of mothers for their …
Auf die „richtigen“ Kontakte kommt es an! Soziale Ressourcen und die Bildungsaspirationen der Mütter von Haupt-, Real- und Gesamtschülern in Deutschland
Bildungsabschlüsse sind in modernen Gesellschaften zu einem wesentlichen Bestimmungsfaktor für die Lebenschancen von Individuen geworden. Verschiedene Bildungswege schaffen ganz unterschiedliche Voraussetzungen für zukünftige Statuspositionen und die damit verknüpften Privilegien wie beispielsweise höheres Einkommen, Prestige oder entsprechende Lebensqualität. Für einen erfolgreichen Übergang in den Arbeitsmarkt stellen Schul- bzw. Ausbildungsabs…
Why Do Immigrant Students Aim High? Explaining the Aspiration-Achievement Paradox of Immigrants in Germany
Educational aspirations are generally based on past academic achievement and families’ endowment with the resources needed to reach targeted educational levels. However, although they perform worse at school and hold lower social status, previous research observes that some ethnic minorities tend to express higher educational ambitions than natives. This study discusses and tests possible reasons for this striking finding using German data from t…
Social influence or selection? Peer effects on the development of adolescents’ educational expectations in Germany
Educational expectations are a key predictor of educational attainment. Throughout adolescence, friends increasingly function as ‘significant others’ and, thus, can affect the development of these expectations. Although scholars often interpret the clustering of students with similar expectations within friendship networks as the outcome of peer influence, a similarity of friends can also be a result of friendship selection processes and preselec…
Aiming High, No Matter What: Educational Aspirations of Ethnic Minority and Ethnic Majority Youth in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden
The authors examine cross-national variation in the ethnic gradient in aspirations among 14-year-olds in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden by using data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries, collected in 2009/2010. Results show that most ethnic minority groups are more likely to have university aspirations than ethnic majority youth. The most consistent minority advantage is found in England an…
Do Gender Roles and Norms Affect Performance in Maths? The Impact of Adolescents' and their Peers' Gender Conceptions on Maths Grades
Although girls outperform boys in academic achievement in general, boys still have an advantage in STEM fields in many countries. One possible explanation for the female disadvantage in maths and their under-representation in technical professions is culturally embedded beliefs about female inferiority and male superiority in maths and related disciplines. On the one hand, these beliefs can lead to different subject-specific investment strategies…
Attitudes and expectations: Do attitudes towards education mediate the relationship between social networks and parental expectations
Previous international research has shown that educational goals are fundamental for explaining differences in the educational attainment between individuals. For a better understanding of educational inequality, it is therefore crucial to know more about the mechanisms leading to different expectations. Our paper contributes to this field of research by empirically testing how social networks affect educational expectations of mothers for their …
Gender employment gap at arrival and its dynamics: The case of refugees in Germany
In recent years, refugee women’s experiences have received considerable attention in the academic discourse on immigrant labor market integration. Taking a dynamic perspective, we investigate gender differences in the labor market integration of refugees who arrived in Germany between 2013 and 2019. We examine refugees' trajectories in the early post-arrival period and explore a number of conditions that have been proposed to influence gendered l…
Wer ist tatsächlich benachteiligt? Die Wirkung traditioneller Geschlechterrollen auf schulische Leistungen und elterliche Aspirationen in deutschen und türkischen Familien / Who Is Indeed Disadvantage…
Traditionelle Geschlechterrollen werden einerseits als Grund für die Benachteiligung von Mädchen gesehen, andererseits wird argumentiert, dass das schlechte Abschneiden von Jungen im Bildungssystem mit traditionellen Männlichkeitsvorstellungen zusammenhänge. Empirische Analysen der Daten aus den Projekten Junge Migranten im deutschen und israelischen Bildungssystem und Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries zeigen, …
Ambitious, misaligned, or uncertain? The occupational and educational aspirations of immigrant-origin youth in Germany
Immigrant-origin students often hold higher educational aspirations than native-origin peers, accounting for socioeconomic status and school grades. The consequences of this ‘Immigrant Aspiration Paradox’ (IAP) on their socioeconomic attainment are debated. Although individuals’ occupational aspirations and how they compare with their educational aspirations (i.e. their alignment) also affect status attainment, they are understudied in the IAP li…
Migration and Dynamics in Men's and Women's Domestic Work
International migration of couples is rising. Still, there is little evidence on men's and women's domestic work hours before and after migration. This is despite the fact that domestic work provides deep insights into family life and, for migrants, is directly linked to integration. Therefore, this study examines how immigrant men and women change their domestic work hours following migration, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOE…
The Link between Social and Structural Integration: Co- and Interethnic Friendship Selection and Social Influence within Adolescent Social Networks
Assimilation theories argue that social ties with majority-group members enhance the structural integration of ethnic minority members, whereas under certain conditions, coethnic social ties can also benefit minority members' socioeconomic outcomes. We examine these propositions through a social network perspective, focusing on friendship networks and educational expectations in adolescence, during which peer socialization is crucial. Longitudina…
Oppositional culture revisited. Friendship dynamics and the creation of social capital among Turkish minority adolescents in Germany
Ethnic differences in the endowment with social capital can exacerbate intergroup inequalities. Pursuing this argument, we first compare the educational compositions of friendship networks between Turkish minority and native majority adolescents in Germany. Second, we pick up notions from Oppositional Culture Theory (OCT) to examine how ethnic differences in the composition of friendship networks come about. In a sample of 2,419 students in 74 se…
Auf die „richtigen“ Kontakte kommt es an! Soziale Ressourcen und die Bildungsaspirationen der Mütter von Haupt-, Real- und Gesamtschülern in Deutschland
Bildungsabschlüsse sind in modernen Gesellschaften zu einem wesentlichen Bestimmungsfaktor für die Lebenschancen von Individuen geworden. Verschiedene Bildungswege schaffen ganz unterschiedliche Voraussetzungen für zukünftige Statuspositionen und die damit verknüpften Privilegien wie beispielsweise höheres Einkommen, Prestige oder entsprechende Lebensqualität. Für einen erfolgreichen Übergang in den Arbeitsmarkt stellen Schul- bzw. Ausbildungsabs…
Attitudes and expectations: Do attitudes towards education mediate the relationship between social networks and parental expectations
Previous international research has shown that educational goals are fundamental for explaining differences in the educational attainment between individuals. For a better understanding of educational inequality, it is therefore crucial to know more about the mechanisms leading to different expectations. Our paper contributes to this field of research by empirically testing how social networks affect educational expectations of mothers for their …
Wer ist tatsächlich benachteiligt? Die Wirkung traditioneller Geschlechterrollen auf schulische Leistungen und elterliche Aspirationen in deutschen und türkischen Familien / Who Is Indeed Disadvantage…
Traditionelle Geschlechterrollen werden einerseits als Grund für die Benachteiligung von Mädchen gesehen, andererseits wird argumentiert, dass das schlechte Abschneiden von Jungen im Bildungssystem mit traditionellen Männlichkeitsvorstellungen zusammenhänge. Empirische Analysen der Daten aus den Projekten Junge Migranten im deutschen und israelischen Bildungssystem und Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries zeigen, …
Why Do Immigrant Students Aim High? Explaining the Aspiration-Achievement Paradox of Immigrants in Germany
Educational aspirations are generally based on past academic achievement and families’ endowment with the resources needed to reach targeted educational levels. However, although they perform worse at school and hold lower social status, previous research observes that some ethnic minorities tend to express higher educational ambitions than natives. This study discusses and tests possible reasons for this striking finding using German data from t…
Do Gender Roles and Norms Affect Performance in Maths? The Impact of Adolescents' and their Peers' Gender Conceptions on Maths Grades
Although girls outperform boys in academic achievement in general, boys still have an advantage in STEM fields in many countries. One possible explanation for the female disadvantage in maths and their under-representation in technical professions is culturally embedded beliefs about female inferiority and male superiority in maths and related disciplines. On the one hand, these beliefs can lead to different subject-specific investment strategies…
Full Shelves, Good Skills: Immigration, Adolescent Language Aptitude and New Evidence on Books in the Home from Four European Countries
Evidence suggests that books in the childhood home impact children’s educational and occupational attainments. Previous research finds this ‘book effect’ after conditioning on parental socio-economic status and national context. Human and cultural capital theories offer plausible explanations for this book effect. However, mechanisms underlying the book effect remain empirically illusory. Drawing on previous findings, the authors develop theoreti…
Social influence or selection? Peer effects on the development of adolescents’ educational expectations in Germany
Educational expectations are a key predictor of educational attainment. Throughout adolescence, friends increasingly function as ‘significant others’ and, thus, can affect the development of these expectations. Although scholars often interpret the clustering of students with similar expectations within friendship networks as the outcome of peer influence, a similarity of friends can also be a result of friendship selection processes and preselec…
The Link between Social and Structural Integration: Co- and Interethnic Friendship Selection and Social Influence within Adolescent Social Networks
Assimilation theories argue that social ties with majority-group members enhance the structural integration of ethnic minority members, whereas under certain conditions, coethnic social ties can also benefit minority members' socioeconomic outcomes. We examine these propositions through a social network perspective, focusing on friendship networks and educational expectations in adolescence, during which peer socialization is crucial. Longitudina…
Oppositional culture revisited. Friendship dynamics and the creation of social capital among Turkish minority adolescents in Germany
Ethnic differences in the endowment with social capital can exacerbate intergroup inequalities. Pursuing this argument, we first compare the educational compositions of friendship networks between Turkish minority and native majority adolescents in Germany. Second, we pick up notions from Oppositional Culture Theory (OCT) to examine how ethnic differences in the composition of friendship networks come about. In a sample of 2,419 students in 74 se…
Aiming High, No Matter What: Educational Aspirations of Ethnic Minority and Ethnic Majority Youth in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden
The authors examine cross-national variation in the ethnic gradient in aspirations among 14-year-olds in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden by using data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries, collected in 2009/2010. Results show that most ethnic minority groups are more likely to have university aspirations than ethnic majority youth. The most consistent minority advantage is found in England an…
Gender employment gap at arrival and its dynamics: The case of refugees in Germany
In recent years, refugee women’s experiences have received considerable attention in the academic discourse on immigrant labor market integration. Taking a dynamic perspective, we investigate gender differences in the labor market integration of refugees who arrived in Germany between 2013 and 2019. We examine refugees' trajectories in the early post-arrival period and explore a number of conditions that have been proposed to influence gendered l…
Migration and Dynamics in Men's and Women's Domestic Work
International migration of couples is rising. Still, there is little evidence on men's and women's domestic work hours before and after migration. This is despite the fact that domestic work provides deep insights into family life and, for migrants, is directly linked to integration. Therefore, this study examines how immigrant men and women change their domestic work hours following migration, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOE…
Ambitious, misaligned, or uncertain? The occupational and educational aspirations of immigrant-origin youth in Germany
Immigrant-origin students often hold higher educational aspirations than native-origin peers, accounting for socioeconomic status and school grades. The consequences of this ‘Immigrant Aspiration Paradox’ (IAP) on their socioeconomic attainment are debated. Although individuals’ occupational aspirations and how they compare with their educational aspirations (i.e. their alignment) also affect status attainment, they are understudied in the IAP li…
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Immigration (6 works) · School Choice and Performance (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Ethnic group (4 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (4 works)