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When the Second Generation do not Lag behind: Evidence on the Academic Performance of Children of Immigrants in Andalusia

Authors

Alvarez-Sotomayor, Alberto , MARTÍNEZ COUSINOU, GLORIA, Rubio, David Gutierrez

External publication

No

Means

Estud. Sobre Educ.

Scope

Article

Nature

Científica

JCR Quartile

✗

SJR Quartile

✗

SJR Impact

0.216

Web

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84937416490&doi=10.15581%2f004.28.51-78&partnerID=40&md5=780f2ba39c5dc1a9eaf9e3ecab591985

Publication date

01/06/2015

ISI

000413807900003

Scopus Id

2-s2.0-84937416490

DOI

10.15581/004.28.51-78

Abstract

This paper contributes to the knowledge about the academic attainment of children of immigrants in Spain and, specifically, in Andalusia. By using data from PISA, it is analyzed both the gap between immigrant and native students, and the effect that several variables of interest produce on such gap. Results confirm the already known academic disadvantage of immigrant students, but they also reveal an aspect that has been scarcely spread: second generation pupils and those coming from mixed parental couples perform as well as their native peers do. Higher educational level of their parents and higher household socio-cultural level contribute significantly to their outcomes.

Keywords

academic achievement; children of immigrants; PISA; factors of academic achievement