Migrant Youths and Children of Migrants in a Globalized World

List of contents

Comparative Perspectives on International Migration and Child Well-being - Alícia Adserà and Marta Tienda
Migrant Youths' Educational Achievement: The Role of Institutions - Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Mathias Sinning, and Steven Stillman
Educational Achievement Gaps between Immigrant and Native Students in Two "New" Immigration Countries: Italy and Spain in Comparison - Davide Azzolini, Philipp Schnell, and John Palmer
The Educational Expectations of Children of Immigrant in Italy - Alessandra Minello and Nicola Barban
Child-Parent Separations among Senegalese Migrants to Europe: Migration Strategies or Cultural Arrangements? - Amparo González-Ferrer, Pau Baizán, and Cris Beauchemin
Age at Immigration and the Adult Attainments of Child Migrants to the United States - Audrey Beck, Miles Corak, and Marta Tienda
Fertility Patterns of Child Migrants: Age at Migration and Ancestry in Comparative Perspective - Alícia Adserà, Ana Ferrer, Wendy Sigle-Rushton, and Ben Wilson
Nativity Differences in Mothers' Health Behaviors: A Cross National and Longitudinal Lens - Margot Jackson, Sarah McLanahan, and Kathleen Kiernan
Race/Ethnic and Nativity Disparities in Child Overweight in the United States and England - Melissa L. Martinson, Sarah McLanahan, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
How Do Children of Mixed Partnerships Fare in the UK? Understanding the Implications for Children of Parental Homogamy and Heterogamy - Lucinda Platt

Product details

• Authors: Marta Adsera Tienda
• Assisted by: Alicia Adser (Editor), Alicia Adsera (Editor), Alicia Adserà (Editor), Marta Tienda (Editor), Tienda Marta (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2012
• EAN: 9781452268118
• ISBN: 978-1-4522-6811-8
• No. of pages: 267
• Series: Annals of the American Academy; The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Series; Annals of the American Academy; The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; EDUCATION / General, Education, Sociology, Economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy