Educational progression of second-generation immigrants and immigrant children

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 434-443

  Colding, Bjørg ^a   Husted, Leif ^a   Hummelgaard, Hans ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Demand for schooling; Educational economics; Human capital

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67349204835     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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