scholarly journals Aiming high no matter what? Educational Aspirations of Ethnic Minority and Ethnic Majority Youth in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frida Rudolphi ◽  
Zerrin Salikutluk
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
Children Of Immigrants ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Generational Status ◽  
Ethnic Minority Groups ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Cross National

We examine cross-national variation in the ethnic gradient in aspirations among 14-year-olds in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden by using data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries, collected in 2009/2010. Results show that most ethnic minority groups are more likely to have university aspirations than ethnic majority youth. The most consistent minority advantage is found in England and Sweden, consistent with the interpretation that the ample scope for choice in progression through these school systems allows high ambitions of minorities to play out well. However, minority advantage of some groups is also present in the Netherlands and Germany, where transitions are more heavily conditional on previous performance. The pattern for immigrant generational status varies across countries and ethnic origins. There is no consistent empirical evidence indicating that aspiration differences between ethnic minority and majority youth will diminish due to assimilation processes across the generations.

Aiming High, No Matter What?

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-100
Author(s):  
Frida Rudolphi ◽  
Zerrin Salikutluk
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Children Of Immigrants ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Generational Status ◽  
Ethnic Minority Groups ◽  
University Aspirations ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Cross National

Abstract The authors examine cross-national variation in the ethnic gradient in aspirations among 14-year-olds in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden by using data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries, collected in 2009/2010. Results show that most ethnic minority groups are more likely to have university aspirations than ethnic majority youth. The most consistent minority advantage is found in England and Sweden, consistent with the interpretation that the ample scope for choice in progression through these school systems allows high ambitions of minorities to play out well. However, minority advantage of some groups is also present in the Netherlands and Germany, where transitions are more heavily conditional on previous performance. The pattern for immigrant generational status varies across countries and ethnic origins. There is no consistent empirical evidence indicating that aspiration differences between ethnic minority and majority youth will diminish due to assimilation processes across the generations.

scholarly journals A Comparison of Excessive Drinking, Binge Drinking and Alcohol Dependence in Ethnic Minority Groups in the Netherlands: The HELIUS Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-76
Author(s):  
Jan G.C. van Amsterdam ◽  
Annemieke Benschop ◽  
Simone van Binnendijk ◽  
Marieke B. Snijder ◽  
Anja Lok ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Alcohol Dependence ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Ethnic Minority Groups ◽  
Excessive Drinking ◽  
Helius Study

Growing up in Diverse Societies

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Children Of Immigrants ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Ethnic Minority Groups ◽  
Ethnic Segregation ◽  
Wide Range

Growing up in Diverse Societies provides a comprehensive analysis of the integration of the children of immigrants in England, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden, based on the ‘Children of immigrants longitudinal survey in four European countries’ (CILS4EU), including harmonised interviews with almost 19,000 14- to 15-year-olds. The book studies the life situation, social relations, and attitudes of adolescents in different ethnic minority groups, and compares these systematically to majority youth in the four countries. The chapters cover a wide range of aspects of integration, all addressing comparisons between origin groups, generations, and destination countries, and elucidating processes accounting for differences. The results challenge much current thinking and simplified views on the state of integration. In some aspects, such as own economic means, delinquency, and mental health, children of immigrants are surprisingly similar to majority youth, while in other aspects there are large dissimilarities. There are also substantial differences between ethnic minority groups, with the economic and cultural distance of the origin regions to the destination country being a key factor. For some outcomes, such as language proficiency or host country identification, dissimilarities seem to narrow over generations, but this does not hold for other outcomes, such as religiosity and attitudes. Remaining differences partly depend on ethnic segregation, some on socioeconomic inequality, and others on parental influences. Most interestingly, the book finds that the four destination countries, though different in their immigration histories, policy approaches, and contextual conditions, are on the whole similar in the general patterns of integration and in the underlying processes.

The unemployment of ethnic minority groups in the Netherlands

1994 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willem Niesing ◽  
Bernard M.S van Praag ◽  
Justus Veenman
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Ethnic Minority Groups

scholarly journals Etnische Minderheden, Taaldiversiteit En Onderwijsbeleid

1992 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 81-101
Author(s):  
Guus Extra
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Ethnic Minority Groups ◽  
Immigrant Background ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
Year 2000

The growing presence of ethnic minority groups in society is not a phenomenon that can only be observed in the Netherlands. It is estimated that in the year 2000 about one-third of the population below 35 years in urban Western Europe will have an immigrant background. Against this background, demographic trends in processes of immigration and the emergence of ethnic minority groups will be discussed, both from a European and national perspective. Special attention will be paid to problems in defining and identifying ethnic minority groups in the Netherlands, and to the neglected role of the language factor in these issues. As a follow-up of this target group discussion, the focus will be on major characteristics of Dutch policies regarding the education of ethnic minority groups. Both in primary and secondary education, a two-track approach can be observed. Special educational arrangements are made for the teaching of Dutch as a second language and the teaching of ethnic community languages. An outline of this two-track approach will be presented, along with recent research evidence and policy initiatives. Moreover, ideas will be presented for a re-thinking of some basic pre-conceptions in these particular domains of educational policy.

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