Unequal Attainments: Ethnic educational inequalities in ten Western countries
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Introduction Introduction
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Understanding ethnic minority advantage and disadvantage Understanding ethnic minority advantage and disadvantage
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Choice theories Choice theories
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Cultural theories Cultural theories
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Institutional theories Institutional theories
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Early school-leaving in different school systems Early school-leaving in different school systems
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Actual drop-out rates across ethnic majority and minority groups Actual drop-out rates across ethnic majority and minority groups
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The importance of social origin The importance of social origin
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The importance of school performance The importance of school performance
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Conclusions and discussion Conclusions and discussion
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References References
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4 Ethnic Differences in Early School-leaving
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Published:09 October 2014
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In this chapter we study the differences between ethnic groups in early school-leaving in six of the countries: England and Wales, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the USA. We find sizeable gross differences in early school-leaving between the majority group and some, but far from all, ethnic minority groups, mainly to the disadvantage of minorities. Most differences disappear when we compare those with similar social origins, however, and once we also control for educational performance (grades, or test results) a substantially important disadvantage remains for only one minority group out of the 42 we study. In particular, except for those from the Middle East, Asian minority groups have very high continuation rates into upper secondary education. There is little evidence to suggest that there is any intrinsic or cultural ethnic disadvantage that discourages minority students from staying on in school, or that discrimination or unfair treatment pushes them out.
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