Using achievement tests to measure language assimilation and language bias among the children of immigrants

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 647-667

  Akresh, Richard ^a   Akresh, Ilana Redstone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; LATINO PEOPLE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; STUDENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053279543     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.46.3.647     Document Type: Article

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