Thesis
Social explanations for ethnic differences in education
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This thesis investigates how variations in individual social contexts account for the existence of ethnic differences in educational outcomes. Four questions are answered. First, how are school ethnic and poverty compositions associated with ethnic differences in educational progress? Second, how are individual and school cohort level religious attitudes and behaviours associated with ethnic differences in the likelihood of aspiring to university? Third, how are parenting behaviours and cl...
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+ NORFACE research programme on Migration in Europe - Social, Economic, Cultural and Policy Dynamics
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Parameshwaran, M
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2013
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:7257
- Deposit date:
- 2013-09-04
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- Copyright holder:
- Parameshwaran, M
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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