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

Table 5 Effects of YSM on drop out and no exam

		Drop out			No exam
		Basic OLS	Sibling fixed effects		Basic OLS	Sibling fixed effects
		(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
Mother: years since migration	5-9	0.001	−0.014		−0.001	−0.004
		(0.006)	(0.012)		(0.004)	(0.008)
	10-13	0.001	−0.017		−0.004	0.002
		(0.008)	(0.022)		(0.005)	(0.014)
	14+	−0.015	−0.066*		−0.013*	−0.011
		(0.010)	(0.032)		(0.006)	(0.020)
Father: years since migration	5-9	−0.007		−0.026*	−0.003		−0.013
		(0.006)		(0.013)	(0.004)		(0.008)
	10-13	−0.019*		−0.045*	−0.003		−0.031*
		(0.008)		(0.021)	(0.005)		(0.014)
	14+	−0.021*		−0.018	−0.010(*)		−0.051**
		(0.009)		(0.029)	(0.006)		(0.018)
N (students)		17,413	9,316	9,316	21,154	12,393	12,393
*N(families)*			4,251	4,251		5,577	5,577
adj. R ²		0.015	0.168	0.168	0.008	0.065	0.066

Standard errors in parentheses. (*) p < .10, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.
Controls included in columns (1) & (4) include: country of origin, home country education, older siblings born in home country, age at arrival of father and mother; gender, firstborn. In columns (2)/(3) & (5)/(6), controls include only gender and firstborn.