Year: 2006
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This paper explores the factors underlying the differences that exist \nbetween immigrants and natives in the selective process at work in the transition \nfrom lower to upper secondary school in France. The analysis shows that the \nacademic performance of immigrants and natives is unequal. This imbalance, in \naddition to the inadequate understanding of how the school system functions and \nthe time passed since arriving in the host country, sufficiently accounts for the \ninitial inter-group variation in grades. After controlling for class and immigration \nrelated variables, ethnicity was found to have a minor role in the explanation of \neducational differentials between immigrants and natives. This contradicts the \nprominent role given to ethnic ascription by the most recent theorising on \ndifferentials in status attainment between immigrants and natives.
Source: OAR@UM (University of Malta)
Author: Héctor Cebolla‐Boado
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2750279663