• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Growing up in ethnic enclaves : language proficiency and educational attainment of immigrant children
  • Contributor: Danzer, Alexander M. [VerfasserIn]; Feuerbaum, Carsten [VerfasserIn]; Piopiunik, Marc [VerfasserIn]; Woessmann, Ludger [VerfasserIn]
  • imprint: Bonn, Germany: IZA, June 2018
  • Published in: Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit: Discussion paper series ; 11608000
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 49 Seiten); Illustrationen
  • Language: English
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  • Keywords: Graue Literatur
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  • Description: Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host-country language skills and educational attainment? We exploit the exogenous placement of guest workers from five ethnicities across German regions during the 1960s and 1970s in a model with region and ethnicity fixed effects. Our results indicate that exposure to a higher own-ethnic concentration impairs immigrant children’s host-country language proficiency and increases school dropout. A key mediating factor for this effect is parents' lower speaking proficiency in the host-country language, whereas inter-ethnic contacts with natives and economic conditions do not play a role.
  • Access State: Open Access