Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area

This paper focuses on the territorial distribution of students, in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA), with an immigrant background enrolling in the 3rd cycle of basic education in Portugal and on the differences in the academic performance of students attending the last year of this cycle, considering...

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Main Authors: Sílvia de Almeida, João Firmino, José Mesquita Gabriel, Maria João Hortas, Luís Catela Nunes
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Language:English
Published: DINÂMIA’CET – IUL, Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies 2023-06-01
Series:Cidades, Comunidades e Território
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cidades/7284
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Maria João Hortas
Luís Catela Nunes
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description This paper focuses on the territorial distribution of students, in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA), with an immigrant background enrolling in the 3rd cycle of basic education in Portugal and on the differences in the academic performance of students attending the last year of this cycle, considering their birthplace. Differences are examined by estimating several linear regression models using as dependent variable two performance indicators – students’ results in the 9th grade national exams in the Maths and Portuguese Language subjects; and a binary indicator of a successful academic record during the 3rd cycle. The results confirm significant differences in the students’ school performance depending on their birthplace: students from Brazil and Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP) have the most significant differences compared to students from Portugal. A substantial part of these differences is already present at the end of the 2nd cycle, and subsist when accounting for students’ socioeconomic characteristics. Our results show that a considerable part of the differences is explained by factors inherent to the school and the class, and not so much to the municipality, which might reveals the existence of some types of segregation experienced by these students, either at intra-municipal
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spelling doaj-art-dc076a6f585f4a2985dd1813357a26692025-08-20T01:54:41ZengDINÂMIA’CET – IUL, Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial StudiesCidades, Comunidades e Território2182-30302023-06-0146Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan AreaSílvia de AlmeidaJoão FirminoJosé Mesquita GabrielMaria João HortasLuís Catela NunesThis paper focuses on the territorial distribution of students, in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA), with an immigrant background enrolling in the 3rd cycle of basic education in Portugal and on the differences in the academic performance of students attending the last year of this cycle, considering their birthplace. Differences are examined by estimating several linear regression models using as dependent variable two performance indicators – students’ results in the 9th grade national exams in the Maths and Portuguese Language subjects; and a binary indicator of a successful academic record during the 3rd cycle. The results confirm significant differences in the students’ school performance depending on their birthplace: students from Brazil and Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP) have the most significant differences compared to students from Portugal. A substantial part of these differences is already present at the end of the 2nd cycle, and subsist when accounting for students’ socioeconomic characteristics. Our results show that a considerable part of the differences is explained by factors inherent to the school and the class, and not so much to the municipality, which might reveals the existence of some types of segregation experienced by these students, either at intra-municipalhttps://journals.openedition.org/cidades/7284Lisbon Metropolitan Areastudents with an immigrant backgroundschool performance
spellingShingle Sílvia de Almeida
João Firmino
José Mesquita Gabriel
Maria João Hortas
Luís Catela Nunes
Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Cidades, Comunidades e Território
Lisbon Metropolitan Area
students with an immigrant background
school performance
title Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
title_full Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
title_fullStr Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
title_full_unstemmed Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
title_short Students with an immigrant background in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
title_sort students with an immigrant background in the lisbon metropolitan area
topic Lisbon Metropolitan Area
students with an immigrant background
school performance
url https://journals.openedition.org/cidades/7284
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