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Table 3 Full set of results for exam grades in Danish (Basic OLS)

From: The impact of parents’ years since migration on children’s academic achievement

  

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(2)

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Mother: years since migration

0-4

(Reference)

 

5-9

−0.012

(0.017)

−0.011

(0.017)

−0.009

(0.017)

−0.002

(0.017)

0.035(*)

(0.018)

 

10-13

0.032

(0.022)

0.042(*)

(0.024)

0.046(*)

(0.024)

0.056*

(0.024)

0.101***

(0.025)

 

14+

0.089***

(0.019)

0.133***

(0.029)

0.129***

(0.029)

0.148***

(0.029)

0.192***

(0.029)

Father: years since migration

0-4

(Reference)

 

5-9

0.024

(0.017)

0.037*

(0.017)

0.038*

(0.017)

0.020

(0.017)

0.041*

(0.017)

 

10-13

−0.019

(0.022)

0.011

(0.025)

0.014

(0.024)

0.007

(0.024)

0.043(*)

(0.025)

 

14+

0.010

(0.018)

0.092***

(0.026)

0.085***

(0.025)

0.080**

(0.025)

0.114***

(0.026)

Age-at-arrival

Mother

  

0.002

(0.001)

0.001

(0.001)

0.006***

(0.002)

0.007***

(0.002)

 

Father

  

0.005**

(0.001)

0.003*

(0.001)

0.005***

(0.001)

0.006***

(0.001)

Mother's (highest) education at arrival

Lower secondary education

   

(Reference)

 

Vocational training

    

0.183***

(0.037)

0.166***

(0.037)

0.164***

(0.037)

 

High school

    

0.195***

(0.039)

0.174***

(0.039)

0.170***

(0.039)

 

Short cycle higher education

   

0.118

(0.077)

0.095

(0.077)

0.089

(0.077)

 

Medium cycle higher education

   

0.310***

(0.065)

0.282***

(0.065)

0.272***

(0.065)

 

Long cycle higher education

   

0.286**

(0.093)

0.248**

(0.093)

0.243**

(0.093)

Father's (highest) education at arrival

Lower secondary education

   

(Reference)

 

Vocational training

    

0.031

(0.034)

0.026

(0.034)

0.023

(0.034)

 

High school

    

0.199***

(0.045)

0.192***

(0.045)

0.185***

(0.045)

 

Short cycle higher education

   

0.092

(0.060)

0.094

(0.059)

0.087

(0.059)

 

Medium cycle higher education

   

0.156*

(0.061)

0.149*

(0.061)

0.144*

(0.061)

 

Long cycle higher education

   

0.291***

(0.070)

0.284***

(0.070)

0.279***

(0.069)

 

Older siblings born in home country (0/1)

    

−0.172***

(0.018)

−0.111***

(0.020)

 

Firstborn child

        

0.122***

(0.016)

N

 

19251

19251

19251

19251

19251

adj. R2

 

0.135

0.137

0.144

0.148

0.151

  1. Standard errors in parentheses: (*) p<.10, * p<.05, ** p<.01, *** p<.001.