We apply propensity score matching to the estimation of the disparity in school effectiveness between the privately owned, privately funded school sector and the public one in a sample of 25...
The effect of two characteristics of school populations on reading skills will be estimated in this paper: share and diversity, both on the ethnic and the social-cultural dimension. We use the...
Prokic, Tijana, Dronkers, Jaap
In this paper we analyze the attitudes of 14 year old children of first and second generation immigrants and their civic attitudes about (aspects of) the society of destination. We use data from the...
Quality and Inequality of Education (2010)
This cogent analysis of data on education and society from a variety of sources sets out to provide answers to scientific and policy questions on the quality of education and the way it relates to...
We apply propensity score matching to the estimation of differential school effectiveness between the publicly funded private sector and the public one, in a sample of 26 countries. This technique...
ALBERTINI, Marco, DRONKERS, Jaap
Previous research has found parental divorce to have negative effects on children’s educational attainment; in addition, it has been noted that the effects of divorce are not the same in all...
Cross-Regional Divorce Risks in Belgium: Culture or Legislative System (2009)
MORTELMANS, Dimitri, SNOECKX, Laurent, DRONKERS, Jaap
Cross-national research is by definition carried out between different countries. Looking at country differences often results in common and diverse sets of divorce risks. This article uses a...
Negative selectivity of Europe’s guest-worker immigration? (2009)
Dronkers, Jaap, Heus, Manon De
The aim of this paper is to empirically test the negative selectivity hypothesis as an explanation of the lower educational achievements of Turkish immigrant pupils. We do this by comparing...
Educational performance of native and immigrant children from various countries of origin (2008)
Mostly due to the lack of suitable data, cross-national research on the integration of migrant pupils is still scarce. We aim to fill this gap by addressing the question of the extent to which native...
HARKONEN, Juho, DRONKERS, Jaap
We use data on women’s first marriages from the Fertility and Family Surveys to analyse the intergenerational transmission of divorce―the divorce cycle―across 18 countries and seek explanations...
Parental divorce and offspring marriage in Finland: later, but with whom? (2008)
EROLA, Jani, HARKONEN, Juho, DRONKERS, Jaap
Despite the large literature on the long-term effects of parental divorce, few studies have analyzed the effects of parental divorce on spouse selection behavior. We use register-based event-history...
The paper approaches the issue of school choice in an indirect manner by investigating the effectiveness of public, private government-dependent and private independent schools in 19 Organisation for...
LEVELS, Mark, DRONKERS, Jaap, KRAAYKAMP, Gerbert
This article explores the extent to which macro-level characteristics of destination countries, origin countries, and immigrant communities help explain differences in immigrant children's...
DRONKERS, Jaap, HARKONEN, Juho
We used data on women's first marriages from the Fertility and Family Surveys to analyse the intergenerational transmission of divorce across 18 countries and to seek explanations in macro-level...
Educational performance of native and immigrant children from various countries of origin (2008)
Mostly due to the lack of suitable data, cross-national research on the integration of migrant pupils is still scarce. We aim to fill this gap by addressing the question of the extent to which native...
Educational performance of native and immigrant children from various countries of origin (2008)
Mostly due to the lack of suitable data, cross-national research on the integration of migrant pupils is still scarce. We aim to fill this gap by addressing the question of the extent to which native...
Putnam (2007) claims that in the short run ethnic diversity tends to reduce solidarity and social capital: in ethnically diverse neighborhoods, residents of all ethnicities tend to ‘hunker down’....
Het voortbestaan van religieuze scholen. [The survival of religious schools] (2008)
The authors review the arguments and the emperical evidence that can explain the survival of religious schools in secularized societies.
Craig A. Parsons and Timothy M. Smeeding (Eds): Immigration and the Transformation of Europe. (2008)
DE LANGE, Marloes, DRONKERS, Jaap
Samenvatting Het Nederlands voortgezet onderwijs kent een eindexamen dat bestaat uit een schoolexamen en een centraal examen. In dit onderzoek analyseren wij de discrepanties in de becijfering van...
LEVELS, Mark, DRONKERS, Jaap, KRAAYKAMP, G.
Why do immigrants in different countries perform differently at school, and what explains the fact that immigrants from different countries of origin perform differently? This paper explores the...
FLEISCHMANN, Fenella, DRONKERS, Jaap
In this article, we analyse four different dimensions of socio-economic integration of first and second generation immigrants into the labour markets of 13 EU countries and we assess, taking into...
DE LANGE, Marloes, DRONKERS, Jaap
Samenvatting Het Nederlands voortgezet onderwijs kent een eindexamen dat bestaat uit een schoolexamen en een centraal examen. In dit onderzoek analyseren wij de discrepanties in de becijfering van...
LEVELS, Mark, DRONKERS, Jaap, KRAAYKAMP, G.
Why do immigrants in different countries perform differently at school, and what explains the fact that immigrants from different countries of origin perform differently? This paper explores the...
FLEISCHMANN, Fenella, DRONKERS, Jaap
In this article, we analyse four different dimensions of socio-economic integration of first and second generation immigrants into the labour markets of 13 EU countries and we assess, taking into...
DE LANGE, Marloes, DRONKERS, Jaap
Samenvatting Het Nederlands voortgezet onderwijs kent een eindexamen dat bestaat uit een schoolexamen en een centraal examen. In dit onderzoek analyseren wij de discrepanties in de becijfering van...
LEVELS, Mark, DRONKERS, Jaap, KRAAYKAMP, Gerbert
Why do immigrants in different countries perform differently at school, and what explains the fact that immigrants from different countries of origin perform differently? This paper explores the...
FLEISCHMANN, Fenella, DRONKERS, Jaap
In this article, we analyse four different dimensions of socio-economic integration of first and second generation immigrants into the labour markets of 13 EU countries and we assess, taking into...
Ongelijke onderwijskansen zijn een onvermijdelijk verschijnsel van elke samenleving met een sterke arbeidsdeling, stelt Jaap Dronkers in Ruggengraat van ongelijkheid. De hoogte van die ongelijkheid...
Levels and Dronkers (2006) showed that educational achievement differs between immigrant students from different regions of origin (Latin America, Northern Africa, and Western Asia). This follow-up...
HARKONEN, Juho, DRONKERS, Jaap
In a series of papers, William J. Goode argued that the relationship between modernization and the class composition of divorce is inverse. Starting from his hypothesis, we examine the relationship...
This study examines the effect of family and individual children’s characteristics on the probability of having a divorce. Current research shows a clear indication of increased divorce risks if an...
HARKONEN, Juho, DRONKERS, Jaap
In this paper we explore the changes in the relationship between female educational attainment and the risk of union disruption in seventeen countries: Austria, Estonia, Finland, Flanders (Belgium),...
This study examines the effect of family and individual children’s characteristics on the probability of having a divorce. Current research shows a clear indication of increased divorce risks if an...
HARKONEN, Juho, DRONKERS, Jaap
In a series of papers, William J. Goode argued that the relationship between modernization and the class composition of divorce is inverse. Starting from his hypothesis, we examine the relationship...
HARKONEN, Juho, DRONKERS, Jaap
In this paper we explore the changes in the relationship between female educational attainment and the risk of union disruption in seventeen countries: Austria, Estonia, Finland, Flanders (Belgium),...
This study examines the effect of family and individual children’s characteristics on the probability of having a divorce. Current research shows a clear indication of increased divorce risks if an...
HARKONEN, Juho, DRONKERS, Jaap
In a series of papers, William J. Goode argued that the relationship between modernization and the class composition of divorce is inverse. Starting from his hypothesis, we examine the relationship...
Härkönen, Juho, Dronkers, Jaap
In a series of papers, William J. Goode argued that the relationship between modernization and the class composition of divorce is inverse. Starting from his hypothesis, we examine the relationship...
Härkönen, Juho, Dronkers, Jaap
In a series of papers, William J. Goode argued that the relationship between modernization and the class composition of divorce is inverse. Starting from his hypothesis, we examine the relationship...
Härkönen, Juho, Dronkers, Jaap
In a series of papers, William J. Goode argued that the relationship between modernization and the class composition of divorce is inverse. Starting from his hypothesis, we examine the relationship...
De effectiviteit van openbaar en bijzonder onderwijs: een crossnationale analyse (2004)
http://biblio.iue.it/record[equ]b1071399
SCHIJF, Huibert, DRONKERS, Jaap
This article offers a counter-example of the modernization theory by looking at the elite positions of the nobility in the Netherlands in the 20th century. We compare the elite positions of the...
http://biblio.iue.it/record[equ]b1231587
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2004-12.pdf
De effectiviteit van openbaar en bijzonder onderwijs: een crossnationale analyse (2004)
http://biblio.iue.it/record[equ]b1071399
SCHIJF, Huibert, DRONKERS, Jaap
This article offers a counter-example of the modernization theory by looking at the elite positions of the nobility in the Netherlands in the 20th century. We compare the elite positions of the...
http://biblio.iue.it/record[equ]b1231587
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2004-12.pdf
De effectiviteit van openbaar en bijzonder onderwijs: een crossnationale analyse (2004)
http://biblio.iue.it/record[equ]b1071399
SCHIJF, Huibert, DRONKERS, Jaap
This article offers a counter-example of the modernization theory by looking at the elite positions of the nobility in the Netherlands in the 20th century. We compare the elite positions of the...
http://biblio.iue.it/record[equ]b1231587
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2004-12.pdf
Trust and Trustworthiness among Europeans: South- North Comparison ∗ (2004)
Fabian Bornhorst, Andrea Ichino, Karl Schlag, Eyal Winter, Jaap Dronkers, ...
This paper discovers significant differences between southern and northern Europeans in a dynamic version of the “trust game ” played by Ph.D. students from different nationalities at the...
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-05.pdf
Are the Newly Established Religious 'Gymnasiums' in Hungary More Effective? (2003)
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-06.pdf
ALBERTINI, Marco, DRONKERS, Jaap
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-11.pdf
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-12.pdf
The Effectiveness of Public and Private Schools from a Comparative Perspective (2003)
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-13.pdf
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-05.pdf
Are the Newly Established Religious 'Gymnasiums' in Hungary More Effective? (2003)
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-06.pdf
ALBERTINI, Marco, DRONKERS, Jaap
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-11.pdf
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-12.pdf
The Effectiveness of Public and Private Schools from a Comparative Perspective (2003)
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-13.pdf
Has the Dutch Nobility Retained its Social Relevance during the 20th Century? (2003)
In earlier studies we found that the Dutch nobility continues to have a strong advantage in achieving elite positions within Dutch society today, despite its very weak legal status since the late...
Family Policies and Children's School Achievement in Single- Versus Two-Parent Families (2003)
DRONKERS, Jaap, PONG, Suet-ling, HAMPDEN-THOMPSON, Gillian
We investigate the gap in math and science achievement of third- and fourth-graders who live with a single parent versus those who live with two parents in 11 countries. The United States and New...
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-05.pdf
Are the Newly Established Religious 'Gymnasiums' in Hungary More Effective? (2003)
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-06.pdf
ALBERTINI, Marco, DRONKERS, Jaap
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-11.pdf
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-12.pdf
The Effectiveness of Public and Private Schools from a Comparative Perspective (2003)
http://www.iue.it/PUB/sps2003-13.pdf
Has the Dutch Nobility Retained its Social Relevance during the 20th Century? (2003)
In earlier studies we found that the Dutch nobility continues to have a strong advantage in achieving elite positions within Dutch society today, despite its very weak legal status since the late...
Family Policies and Children's School Achievement in Single- Versus Two-Parent Families (2003)
DRONKERS, Jaap, PONG, Suet-ling, HAMPDEN-THOMPSON, Gillian
We investigate the gap in math and science achievement of third- and fourth-graders who live with a single parent versus those who live with two parents in 11 countries. The United States and New...
Has the Dutch Nobility Retained its Social Relevance during the 20th Century? (2003)
In earlier studies we found that the Dutch nobility continues to have a strong advantage in achieving elite positions within Dutch society today, despite its very weak legal status since the late...
Engelhardt,Henriette, Trappe,Heike, Dronkers,Jaap
The intergenerational transmission of the risk of divorce is a well-known long-term effect of divorce that has been found in many Western societies. Less known is the extent to which different family...
Engelhardt, Henriette, Trappe, Heike, Dronkers, Jaap
The intergenerational transmission of the risk of divorce is a well-known long-term effect of divorce that has been found in many Western societies. Less known is the extent to which different family...
Differences in Family Policies and the Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce (2002)
DRONKERS, Jaap, ENGELHARDT, Henriette, TRAPPE, Heike
The intergenerational transmission of the risk of divorce is a well-known long-term effect of divorce that has been found in many Western societies. Less known is what effect different family...
Differences in Family Policies and the Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce (2002)
DRONKERS, Jaap, ENGELHARDT, Henriette, TRAPPE, Heike
The intergenerational transmission of the risk of divorce is a well-known long-term effect of divorce that has been found in many Western societies. Less known is what effect different family...
Vermeij, Annelies, Dronkers, Jaap
In this paper we address the question: "Does changing schools adversely affect the subsequent performance of good students?" We used the longitudinal data from the VOCL '89 cohort to compare the...
Dronkers, Jaap, Vermeij, Annelies
Research in the United States indicates that moving adversely affects children’s school performance No studies have been conducted on this subject in continental Europe yet. Unlike in the United...
The conclusions of this article, investigating the well-being of Dutch youth with a large national sample of more than 9000 pupils in Dutch secondary education, are: 1. The well-being of pupils...
Dronkers, Jaap, Hillege, Serapbine M. M.
This article examines to which extent members of boards of traditional male fraternities have greater access to Dutch elites. The study covers different types of elite position during the period 1960...
In order to test the suggested decline of the family we compare sibling resemblance in the life-chances of five Hungarian cohorts born during the twentieth century. Similar studies in Germany and the...
Differences in Family Policies and the Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce
Henriette Engelhardt, Heike Trappe, Jaap Dronkers
The intergenerational transmission of the risk of divorce is a well-known long-term effect of divorce that has been found in many Western societies. Less known is what effect different family...
Henriette Engelhardt, Heike Trappe, Jaap Dronkers
The intergenerational transmission of the risk of divorce is a well-known long-term effect of divorce that has been found in many Western societies. Less known is the extent to which different family...
Fenella Fleischmann, Jaap Dronkers
In this article, we analyse four different dimensions of socio-economic integration of 1st and 2nd generation immigrants into the labour markets of 13 EU countries and we assess, taking into account...
Prokic, Tijana, Dronkers, Jaap
In this paper we analyze the attitudes of 14 year old children of first and second generation immigrants and their civic attitudes about (aspects of) the society of destination. We use data from the...
Dronkers, Jaap, Vermeij, Annelies
Research in the United States indicates that moving adversely affects children’s school performance No studies have been conducted on this subject in continental Europe yet. Unlike in the United...
Negative selectivity of Europe’s guest-worker immigration?
Dronkers, Jaap, Heus, Manon De
The aim of this paper is to empirically test the negative selectivity hypothesis as an explanation of the lower educational achievements of Turkish immigrant pupils. We do this by comparing...
The effect of two characteristics of school populations on reading skills will be estimated in this paper: share and diversity, both on the ethnic and the social-cultural dimension. We use the...
We apply propensity score matching to the estimation of differential school effectiveness between the publicly funded private sector and the public one, in a sample of 26 countries. This technique...
We apply propensity score matching to the estimation of the disparity in school effectiveness between the privately owned, privately funded school sector and the public one in a sample of 25...