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Growing up in ethnic enclaves: language proficiency and educational attainment of immigrant children
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| Other Authors: | Feuerbaum, Carsten [Author] • Piopiunik, Marc 1978- [Author] • Woessmann, Ludger 1973- [Author] |
| Type of Resource: | E-Book |
| Language: | English |
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung: SOEP papers on multidisciplinary panel data research ; 1010 (2018)
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| Source: | Verbunddaten SWB Lizenzfreie Online-Ressourcen |
| Summary: | Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host-country language skills and educational attainment? We exploit the exogenous placement of guest workers from five ethnicities across German regions during the 1960s and 1970s in a model with region and ethnicity fixed effects. Our results indicate that exposure to a higher own-ethnic concentration impairs immigrant children's host-country language proficiency and increases school dropout. A key mediating factor for this effect is parents' lower speaking proficiency in the host-country language, whereas inter-ethnic contacts with natives and economic conditions do not play a role. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 56 Seiten); Illustrationen |