Migrant Youths' Educational Achievement: The Role of Institutions

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 643, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-45

  Cobb Clark, Deborah A ^a   Sinning, Mathias ^b   Stillman, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

academic achievement; institutions; migrant youths; PISA test scores; schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863739477     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716212440786     Document Type: Article

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