Immigration and School Choice in Australia
This article examines the relationship between the share of immigrants in a locality and private versus public school choices of natives and immigrants in Australia. Using the 2001 Australian Census data, it finds that private school attendance among native-born Australians is higher in localities w...
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Blackwell Publishing Asia
2012
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| author | Mavisakalyan, Astghik |
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| description | This article examines the relationship between the share of immigrants in a locality and private versus public school choices of natives and immigrants in Australia. Using the 2001 Australian Census data, it finds that private school attendance among native-born Australians is higher in localities with a higher share of immigrant populations. Immigrants’ private school attendance is lower where the share of their like-type immigrants is higher. These effects vary with the presence of a common language and ethnic background between the natives and the immigrants. Overall, the results suggest the possibility of a ‘flight’ from unfamiliar cultures in the Australian school system. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-229202017-09-13T13:58:21Z Immigration and School Choice in Australia Mavisakalyan, Astghik This article examines the relationship between the share of immigrants in a locality and private versus public school choices of natives and immigrants in Australia. Using the 2001 Australian Census data, it finds that private school attendance among native-born Australians is higher in localities with a higher share of immigrant populations. Immigrants’ private school attendance is lower where the share of their like-type immigrants is higher. These effects vary with the presence of a common language and ethnic background between the natives and the immigrants. Overall, the results suggest the possibility of a ‘flight’ from unfamiliar cultures in the Australian school system. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22920 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2011.00663.x Blackwell Publishing Asia restricted |
| spellingShingle | Mavisakalyan, Astghik Immigration and School Choice in Australia |
| title | Immigration and School Choice in Australia |
| title_full | Immigration and School Choice in Australia |
| title_fullStr | Immigration and School Choice in Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Immigration and School Choice in Australia |
| title_short | Immigration and School Choice in Australia |
| title_sort | immigration and school choice in australia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22920 |