Migration Background and Educational Achievements in Russia

This article empirically examines the impact of migration background on educational achievements in Russia. The main method consisted of logit regressions with longitudinal data for schoolchildren aged 6-14 (from 1st to 8th grades) over the 2010-2013 period (four waves). In contrast to most of the p...

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Autor: Edgar Demetrio TOVAR GARCÍA
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:Universidad de Monterrey
Repositorio:Redalyc-UDEM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:15149956003
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15149956003
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Demografía
Russia
panel data
logit regression
Migration background
educational achievement
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Sumario:This article empirically examines the impact of migration background on educational achievements in Russia. The main method consisted of logit regressions with longitudinal data for schoolchildren aged 6-14 (from 1st to 8th grades) over the 2010-2013 period (four waves). In contrast to most of the previous empirical literature, the panel data controlled the impact of time-invariant determinants of educational achievements. The findings suggest that migration background has no effect on educational achievements after controlling for socioeconomic status (ses), child’s health, school type, settlement and other individual characteristics, all of which have statistically significant effects in distinguishing between successful and unsuccessful students. Thus, there is no educational gap between migrant and native students, something that differentiates Russia from the majority of developed countries.