Table 4 Oaxaca decomposition of the score gap between 2000 and 2009 for first-generation immigrants including controls for school characteristics

Female

30.93

2.04^a

9.93

6.45

Age

−24.15

1.57^a

−10.73

5.13^b

SEI

1.06

0.08^a

0.64

0.27^b

Parents ‘education: tertiary^c

2.62

2.96

20.20

15.20

Parents’ education: compulsory

2.32

3.43

−31.19

8.59^a

Family structure^d: single

−8.62

3.36^b

−7.92

11.12

Family Structure: mixed

−31.15

10.88^a

10.43

15.42

Siblings (yes)

−9.31

3.05^a

−46.93

11.97^a

Less than 100 books at home

−34.60

2.91^a

−34.26

9.58^a

Foreign language at home

10.03

2.72^a

−0.05

9.20

Age at immigration

−0.65

0.23^b

−3.24

0.88^a

Latin Switzerland

−2.24

2.59

−9.43

8.64

Country of origin^f: Germany, France, Austria, Belgium

44.26

3.96^a

10.63

20.44

Country of origin: Italy, Spain, Portugal

−2.89

3.39

−2.87

12.19

Country of origin: Albania, Kosovo, Ex Yugoslavia

−12.68

3.03^a

−25.07

11.31^a

Country of origin: Turkey

12.60

7.00+

−30.05

14.79^b

Public

−64.49

11.87^a

−27.55

27.17

School size

0.04

0.003^a

0.02

0.01+

Proportion of foreign language speakers 20–40%

−28.41

2.35^a

−35.88

7.96^a

Proportion of foreign language speakers >40%

−61.17

4.58^a

−88.80

9.51^a

Community size^g: village

−2.58

4.76

−42.16

14.78^a

Community size: small town

−7.43

3.07*

−13.32

9.77

Community size: town

−9.83

3.19^a

11.30

10.17

Constant

881.51

29.21^a

744.72

85.94^a

R2

0.41

0.38

N

1095

649

(B) Decomposition

Total gap

40

100%

Explained

30

75%

Unexplained

10

25%