Are immigrants and girls graded worse? Results of a matching approach

Education Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 447-463

  Kiss, David ^a  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

C40; I21; J15

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; LITERACY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84883628089     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2011.585019     Document Type: Article

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