The effect of immigrant concentration in schools on native and immigrant children's reading and math skills

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1503-1515

  Jensen, Peter ^a   Rasmussen, Astrid Würtz ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child outcomes; Immigrant concentration; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; EDUCATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMMIGRANT; NEIGHBORHOOD;

DENMARK;

EID: 80054858989     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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