Ethnicity, schooling, and merit in the Netherlands
We examine to what extent ethnicity affects academic ability measured in the first year of secondary school and secondary school type in the Netherlands. We focus on second-generation immigrants. The empirical results indicate that academic ability (both in mathematics and language) is not affected by ethnicity, independent of parents' occupation, education, and resources. On a bi-variate level, children of Turkish and Moroccan immigrants in the Netherlands are found relatively often in lower tracks in secondary school. This relationship is fully driven by social class and merit, operationaliz... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journal article |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
Schlagwörter: | Sociology & anthropology / Social sciences / sociology / anthropology / Primary education (elementary education) / Sozialwissenschaften / Soziologie / Primar- und Elementarbildung / Anthropologie / education / ethnic minorities / meritocracy / social class / Migration / Sociology of Migration / Primary Education Sector / Sociology of Education / Bildungs- und Erziehungssoziologie / Bildungswesen Primarbereich |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28772838 |
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Link(s) : | http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/23057 |