Better migrants, better Pisa results
Findings from a natural experiment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3096562 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Alejandra Cattaneo (FORS – Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences), Stefan C Wolter (0000-0003-2721-2284, FORS – Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | IZA Journal of Migration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2193-9039 • E-ISSN: 2193-9039 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s40176-015-0042-y |
| OpenAlex | W1792453726 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 29 |
Switzerland changed its migration policy in the 1990s from a "non-qualified only" policy to one of almost free movement of labor. To analyze the impact of this policy change on the schooling outcomes of children of first-generation migrants, the paper compares the PISA results of first-generation pupils in 2000 with the scores of children tested in 2009, whose parents immigrated after the policy changed. We find that around 75% of the 40-point increase in the PISA score of first-generation immigrant students was due to changes in the individual background characteristics of their parents and to improved school composition
Demographic economics · Economics · Immigration · Immigration policy · Natural experiment · Point (geometry · Political science · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
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Parental Academic Involvement in Cross-border marriage, Native and Immigrant Families
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Educational achievement of second-generation immigrants: an international comparison
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Employers' Discriminatory Behavior and the Estimation of Wage Discrimination
Male-Female Wage Differentials in Urban Labor Markets
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Labor Market Discrimination Against Hispanic and Black Men
Educational institutions and the integration of migrants
Heterogeneity in the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment
How Immigrant Children Affect the Academic Achievement of Native Dutch Children
A standard international socio-economic index of occupational status
On the Decomposition of Wage Differentials
Migrant Youths' Educational Achievement
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Better migrants, better Pisa results
| Citations per year | 0.82 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |