Immigration and student achievement in Spain: Evidence from PISA

SERIEs

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-60

  Zinovyeva, Natalia ^a   Felgueroso, Florentino ^b   Vazquez, Pablo ^c  

^a The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immigration; PISA data; School achievement; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897050149     PISSN: 18694187     EISSN: 18694195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13209-013-0101-7     Document Type: Article

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