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Ethnicity, schooling, and merit in the Netherlands
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Abstract We examine to what extent ethnicity affects academic ability measured in the first year of secondary school and secondary school type in the Netherlands. We focus on second-generation immigrants. The empirical results indicate that academic ability (both in mathematics and language) is not affected ... view more
We examine to what extent ethnicity affects academic ability measured in the first year of secondary school and secondary school type in the Netherlands. We focus on second-generation immigrants. The empirical results indicate that academic ability (both in mathematics and language) is not affected by ethnicity, independent of parents' occupation, education, and resources. On a bi-variate level, children of Turkish and Moroccan immigrants in the Netherlands are found relatively often in lower tracks in secondary school. This relationship is fully driven by social class and merit, operationalized as including ability and effort. Moreover, children of Turkish, Surinamese and Antillean migrants are, relative to Dutch children from similar backgrounds and merit, more often found in higher tracks in secondary school. However, given the very skewed distribution of educational attainment of immigrants, it is questionable whether `class versus ethnicity models' can accurately compare achievements of native and immigrant children in the Netherlands.... view less
Classification
Sociology of Education
Primary Education Sector
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
education; ethnic minorities; meritocracy; social class;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
Page/Pages
p. 416-444
Journal
Ethnicities, 7 (2007) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796807080236
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)