When the second generation do not lag behind: Evidence on the academic performance of children of immigrants in Andalusia [Cuando la segunda generación no se queda atrás: evidencias sobre el rendimiento académico de los hijos de inmigrantes en el caso andaluz]

Estudios Sobre Educacion
Volume 28, 2015, Pages 51-78

When the second generation do not lag behind: Evidence on the academic performance of children of immigrants in Andalusia [Cuando la segunda generación no se queda atrás: evidencias sobre el rendimiento académico de los hijos de inmigrantes en el caso andaluz] (Article) (Open Access)

Álvarez-Sotomayor A. , Martínez-Cousinou G. , Gutiérrez Rubio D.

^a Universidad de Córdoba, Spain
^b Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Spain
^c Centro de Magisterio Sagrado Corazón, Spain

Abstract

This paper contributes to the knowledge about the academic attainment of children of immigrants in Spain and, specifically, in Andalusia. By using data from PISA, it is analyzed both the gap between immigrant and native students, and the effect that several variables of interest produce on such gap. Results confirm the already known academic disadvantage of immigrant students, but they also reveal an aspect that has been scarcely spread: second generation pupils and those coming from mixed parental couples perform as well as their native peers do. Higher educational level of their parents and higher household socio-cultural level contribute significantly to their outcomes.

Author Keywords

Factors of academic achievement Children of immigrants academic achievement PISA

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84937416490&doi=10.15581%2f004.28.51-78&partnerID=40&md5=780f2ba39c5dc1a9eaf9e3ecab591985

DOI: 10.15581/004.28.51-78

ISSN: 15787001

Cited by: 3

Original Language: Spanish