Mark Levels|Jaap Dronkers|Gerbert Kraaykamp
Immigrant Children's Educational Achievement in Western Countries: Origin, Destination, and Community Effects on Mathematical Performance
Radboud University Nijmegen|European University Institute|Radboud University Nijmegen
article explores extent macrolevel characteristics destination countries origin countries immigrant communities help explain differences immigrant childrens educational achievement using data 2003 pisa survey analyze mathematical performance 7403 pupils 35 different origin countries 13 western countries destination compositional differences offer explanatory power cannot fully explain crossnational crossgroup variance contextual attributes host countries origin countries communities also meaningful regard strict immigration laws explain immigrant childrens better educational performance traditional immigrantreceiving countries results suggest origin countries level economic development negatively affect immigrant childrens educational performance immigrant children politically stable countries perform better school finally socioeconomic differences immigrant communities native population relative community size shape immigrant childrens scholastic achievement