 Are first impressions lasting? Some consequences of schooling delay for immigrants’ descendants in ItalyEleonora Mussino and
Salvatore Strozza
Statistica, 2011, vol. 71, issue 1, 95-112 Abstract: The presence of foreign students in the Italian system has increased rapidly in the last few years. Today, they account for 7 per cent of the total student population. The enrollment of foreign students is characterized by a widespread schooling delay that increases for higher educational level. Here, we would like to investigate if this delay for foreign students is influencing the perception of their school performance and the concentration in less demanding educational paths. Data from a national survey (ITAGEN2) involving more than 20,000 lower secondary school students, half of whom foreigner, are used to explore the factor affecting the perception of one’s performance and the level future educational aspirations, evaluating the role of the migratory generation and the educational pathway. In particular, having more than one year’s delay leads to a negative perception of one’s abilities and possibly of schooling’s usefulness itself, and to the choice of low-profile educational pathways. Date: 2011 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bot:rivsta:v:71:y:2011:i:1:p:95-112 Access Statistics for this article Statistica is currently edited by Department of Statistics, University of Bologna More articles in Statistica from Department of Statistics, University of Bologna Contact information at EDIRC. |
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