A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Gender Inequalities in the Education of the Second Generation in Western Countries




AuthorsFenella Fleischmann, Cornelia Kristen, Anthony F. Heath, Yaël Brinbaum, Patrick Deboosere, Nadia Granato, Jan O. Jonsson, Elina Kilpi-Jakonen, Georg Lorenz, Amy C. Lutz, David Mos, Raya Mutarrak, Karen Phalet, Catherine Rothon, Frida Rudolphi, Herman G. van de Werfhorst

PublisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

Publication year2014

JournalSociology of Education

Volume87

Issue3

First page 143

Last page170

Number of pages28

ISSN0038-0407

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0038040714537836


Abstract

Drawing on comparative analyses from nine Western countries, we ask whether local-born children from a wide range of immigrant groups show patterns of female advantage in education that are similar to those prevalent in their host Western societies. We consider five outcomes throughout the educational career: test scores or grades at age 15, continuation after compulsory schooling, choice of academic track in upper-secondary education, completion of upper secondary, and completion of tertiary education. Despite great variation in gender gaps in education in immigrants’ origin countries (with advantages for males in many cases), we find that the female advantage in education observed among the majority population is usually present among second-generation immigrants. We interpret these findings in light of ideas about gender role socialization and immigrant selectivity.




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