Immigrant School Segregation in Sweden
(2013) In Population Research and Policy Review 32(3). p.415-435- Abstract
- Recent research has shown that there is a substantial skill difference in Sweden between natives and second-generation immigrants. The objective of this study is to find out whether there exists a relationship between immigrant school segregation and the individual's human capital. The variation in immigrant concentration rate between cohorts within a school generally does not affect the individual's human capital outcome. However when estimating specific peer influences between different immigrant groups (first-generation immigrants, second-generation immigrants with two foreign-born parent and second-generation immigrants with one foreign-born parent) the study shows three major findings. First, for men (both natives and... (More)
- Recent research has shown that there is a substantial skill difference in Sweden between natives and second-generation immigrants. The objective of this study is to find out whether there exists a relationship between immigrant school segregation and the individual's human capital. The variation in immigrant concentration rate between cohorts within a school generally does not affect the individual's human capital outcome. However when estimating specific peer influences between different immigrant groups (first-generation immigrants, second-generation immigrants with two foreign-born parent and second-generation immigrants with one foreign-born parent) the study shows three major findings. First, for men (both natives and second-generation immigrants) there is a general negative effect of having a large share of first-generation immigrant schoolmates. Second, for both men and women a large share of schoolmates with a completely foreign background (non-native parents) has a negative influence on the Swedish grades of second-generation immigrants with two foreign-born parents. Third, for men there seem to exist specific and positive peer influences within the groups of second-generation immigrants with either one or two foreign-born parents. (Less)
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- Nordin, Martin LU
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- 2013
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Immigrant segregation, Second-generation immigrants, Human capital, Cognitive ability
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- Population Research and Policy Review
- volume
- 32
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 415 - 435
- publisher
- Springer
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- wos:000318558600005
- scopus:84877588650
- ISSN
- 0167-5923
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11113-013-9271-z
- language
- English
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- yes
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