From: Better migrants, better PISA results: Findings from a natural experiment
(A) | Regression OLS 2009 | Regression OLS 2000 | ||
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Coefficient | Std. errore | Coefficient | Std. error | |
Female | 30.93 | 2.04a | 9.93 | 6.45 |
Age | −24.15 | 1.57a | −10.73 | 5.13b |
SEI | 1.06 | 0.08a | 0.64 | 0.27b |
Parents ‘education: tertiaryc | 2.62 | 2.96 | 20.20 | 15.20 |
Parents’ education: compulsory | 2.32 | 3.43 | −31.19 | 8.59a |
Family structured: single | −8.62 | 3.36b | −7.92 | 11.12 |
Family Structure: mixed | −31.15 | 10.88a | 10.43 | 15.42 |
Siblings (yes) | −9.31 | 3.05a | −46.93 | 11.97a |
Less than 100 books at home | −34.60 | 2.91a | −34.26 | 9.58a |
Foreign language at home | 10.03 | 2.72a | −0.05 | 9.20 |
Age at immigration | −0.65 | 0.23b | −3.24 | 0.88a |
Latin Switzerland | −2.24 | 2.59 | −9.43 | 8.64 |
Country of originf: Germany, France, Austria, Belgium | 44.26 | 3.96a | 10.63 | 20.44 |
Country of origin: Italy, Spain, Portugal | −2.89 | 3.39 | −2.87 | 12.19 |
Country of origin: Albania, Kosovo, Ex Yugoslavia | −12.68 | 3.03a | −25.07 | 11.31a |
Country of origin: Turkey | 12.60 | 7.00+ | −30.05 | 14.79b |
Public | −64.49 | 11.87a | −27.55 | 27.17 |
School size | 0.04 | 0.003a | 0.02 | 0.01+ |
Proportion of foreign language speakers 20–40% | −28.41 | 2.35a | −35.88 | 7.96a |
Proportion of foreign language speakers >40% | −61.17 | 4.58a | −88.80 | 9.51a |
Community sizeg: village | −2.58 | 4.76 | −42.16 | 14.78a |
Community size: small town | −7.43 | 3.07* | −13.32 | 9.77 |
Community size: town | −9.83 | 3.19a | 11.30 | 10.17 |
Constant | 881.51 | 29.21a | 744.72 | 85.94a |
R2 | 0.41 | 0.38 | ||
N | 1095 | 649 | ||
(B) Decomposition | ||||
Total gap | 40 | 100% | ||
Explained | 30 | 75% | ||
Unexplained | 10 | 25% |