Age at immigration and high school dropouts

Bibliographic Data

ID3097268
AuthorsSarit Cohen Goldner (0000-0002-1495-6076, Bar-Ilan University), Gil S Epstein (0000-0002-4553-0254, Bar-Ilan University)
Year2014
Volume3
Issue1
Publication date2014-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIZA Journal of Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2193-9039 • E-ISSN: 2193-9039
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/s40176-014-0019-2
OpenAlexW2129860943
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited16

We focus on high school dropout rates among male and female immigrant children. We consider the relationship between the dropout rate and age at arrival of the immigrants. Using repeated cross sectional data from the Israeli Labor Force Surveys of 1996-2011 we show that the share of high school dropouts among immigrant children who arrived from the Former Soviet Union during 1989-1994 is at least double that of natives in the same age group. Further, we show that among immigrant youth there is a negative relation between age at arrival and the share of high school dropouts. To understand our results we present a theoretical framework that links between age at arrival in the host country, language proficiency, quality of education and wages. Keywords: Immigrants, Age at arrival, High-school dropouts

Demographic economics · Dropout (neural networks · Economics · Immigration · Political science · School dropout · Sociology · Demography · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology

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