Young immigrant children and their educational attainment

Asako Ohinata and Jan C. van Ours

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 116, issue 3, 288-290

Abstract: We analyze the determinants of reading literacy, mathematical skills and science skills of young immigrant children in The Netherlands. We find that these are affected by age at immigration and whether or not one of the parents is native Dutch.

Keywords: Immigrant children; Educational attainment; Age at immigration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.03.020

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