Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
This paper focuses on the territorial distribution of students, in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA), with an immigrant background enrolling in the 3rd cycle of basic education in Portugal and on the differences in the academic performance of students attending the last year of this cycle, considering...
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| author | Sílvia de Almeida João Firmino José Mesquita Gabriel Maria João Hortas Luís Catela Nunes |
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| description | This paper focuses on the territorial distribution of students, in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA), with an immigrant background enrolling in the 3rd cycle of basic education in Portugal and on the differences in the academic performance of students attending the last year of this cycle, considering their birthplace. Differences are examined by estimating several linear regression models using as dependent variable two performance indicators – students’ results in the 9th grade national exams in the Maths and Portuguese Language subjects; and a binary indicator of a successful academic record during the 3rd cycle. The results confirm significant differences in the students’ school performance depending on their birthplace: students from Brazil and Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP) have the most significant differences compared to students fromPortugal. A substantial part of these differences is already present at the end of the 2nd cycle, and subsist when accounting for students’ socioeconomic characteristics. Our results show that a considerable part of the differences is explained by factors inherent to the school and the class, and not so much to the municipality, which might reveals the existence of some types of segregation experienced by these students, either at intra-municipal |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a586e710267f45fab9ed1c3d2127cf032023-07-04T09:42:06ZengDINÂMIA’CET – IUL, Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial StudiesCidades, Comunidades e Território2182-30302023-06-0146Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan AreaSílvia de AlmeidaJoão FirminoJosé Mesquita GabrielMaria João HortasLuís Catela NunesThis paper focuses on the territorial distribution of students, in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA), with an immigrant background enrolling in the 3rd cycle of basic education in Portugal and on the differences in the academic performance of students attending the last year of this cycle, considering their birthplace. Differences are examined by estimating several linear regression models using as dependent variable two performance indicators – students’ results in the 9th grade national exams in the Maths and Portuguese Language subjects; and a binary indicator of a successful academic record during the 3rd cycle. The results confirm significant differences in the students’ school performance depending on their birthplace: students from Brazil and Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP) have the most significant differences compared to students fromPortugal. A substantial part of these differences is already present at the end of the 2nd cycle, and subsist when accounting for students’ socioeconomic characteristics. Our results show that a considerable part of the differences is explained by factors inherent to the school and the class, and not so much to the municipality, which might reveals the existence of some types of segregation experienced by these students, either at intra-municipalhttp://journals.openedition.org/cidades/7284students with an immigrant backgroundschool performanstudents with an immigrant backgroundschool performanceLisbon Metropolitan Area |
| spellingShingle | Sílvia de Almeida João Firmino José Mesquita Gabriel Maria João Hortas Luís Catela Nunes Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area Cidades, Comunidades e Território students with an immigrant background school performanstudents with an immigrant background school performance Lisbon Metropolitan Area |
| title | Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area |
| title_full | Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area |
| title_short | Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area |
| title_sort | students with an immigrant background in the lisbon metropolitan area |
| topic | students with an immigrant background school performanstudents with an immigrant background school performance Lisbon Metropolitan Area |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/cidades/7284 |
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