Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73421 
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Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
BGPE Discussion Paper No. 99
Publisher: 
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE), Nürnberg
Abstract: 
Using PIRLS 2001 and PISA 2003 data for Germany, this paper examines whether secondgeneration immigrants and girls are graded worse in math than comparable natives and boys, respectively. Once all grading-relevant characteristics, namely math skills and oral participation, are accounted for, pupils should obtain same school grades. Results of a matching approach and class fixed effects regressions suggest that second-generation immigrants have grade disadvantages in primary education which could bias their secondary school track choice. Regarding secondary school, most immigrants are not affected by grade discrimination and girls enrolled in upper-secondary school are systematically graded better.
Subjects: 
grade discrimination in primary and secondary education
school careers of immigrants and girls
matching frameworks
JEL: 
C40
I21
J15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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