OECD Education Working Papers

ISSN :
1993-9019 (online)
DOI :
10.1787/19939019
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This series is designed to make available to a wider readership selected studies drawing on the work of the OECD Directorate for Education. Authorship is usually collective, but principal writers are named. The papers are generally available only in their original language (English or French) with a short summary available in the other.
 

Immigrant Status and Secondary School Performance as Determinants of Post-Secondary Participation

A Comparison of Canada and Switzerland You or your institution have access to this content

Authors:
Garnett Picot1
Author Affiliations
  • 1: Statistics Canada, Canada

Publication Date
11 May 2012
Bibliographic information
No.:
77
Pages
49
DOI
10.1787/5k9909jhz4wl-en

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This working paper seeks to explore the reasons why educational attainment in the immigrant population varies between North America and Europe. Specifically, the examples of Canada and Switzerland are used as Canada has an immigrant population with a typically higher rate of post-secondary education than that of the domestic population, while in Switzerland the opposite is true. Analysis shows that while differences in immigration policy play a significant role, there are many other variables which affect educational attainment in immigrants, such as the education level of the parents, source region and home language.