Ethnic Composition and School Performance in the Secondary Education of Turkish Migrant Students in Seven Countries and 19 European Educational Systems
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Ethnic Composition and School Performance in the Secondary Education of Turkish Migrant Students in Seven Countries and 19 European Educational Systems
This article examines the effect of the ethnic composition on school performances
in secondary education for Turkish students, using both cross-national and Swiss
national PISA 2009 data. At the school level our results show no effect of the
proportion of natives or the proportion of coethnics and a negative association
between ethnic diversity (we employ a residualized score of diversity on the
proportion of migrants) and math performances. Consequently, we find no evidence
for social capital advantages and an indication of barriers. Finally, we find no
association between social capital variables on national or educational system
level and math performance.
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