Immigrant Status, Early Skill Development, and Postsecondary Participation: A Comparison of Canada and Switzerland

Feng Hou and Garnett Picot

Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch

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This paper examines differences in postsecondary-participation rates between students with and without immigrant backgrounds in Switzerland and Canada. For both countries, a rich set of longitudinal data, including family background, family aspirations regarding postsecondary education, and students' secondary-school performance as measured by Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores, are used to explain these differences. Two groups are analyzed: all 15-year-old students; and all low-performing 15-year-old secondary-school students.

Keywords: Children and youth; Education; Education; training and learning; Education; training and skills; Ethnic diversity and immigration; Immigrant children and youth; Outcomes of education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-07-27
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