Immigrant students and educational systems. Cross-country evidence from PISA 2006

Marina Murat, Davide Ferrari and Patrizio Frederic ()

Department of Economics from University of Modena and Reggio E., Faculty of Economics "Marco Biagi"

Abstract: Using data from PISA 2006 on 29 countries, this paper analyses immigrant school gaps (difference in scores between immigrants and natives) and focuses on tracking and comprehensive educational systems. Results show that the wider negative gaps are present where tracking is sharp and less frequently in countries with comprehensive schooling. In both cases, negative gaps are concentrated in continental Western Europe, where they are also often related to immigrants and natives attending different schools, or are significant within schools.

Keywords: Immigrant students; educational systems; PISA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages 37
Date: 2012-05
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