Campbell, S., Nuevo-Chiquero, A., Popli, G. orcid.org/0000-0003-2919-2627 et al. (1 more author) (2020) Parental ethnic identity and child test scores. Fiscal Studies, 41 (4). pp. 851-881. ISSN 0143-5671
Abstract
We examine the relationship between parental ethnic identity and the test scores of ethnic minority children. We use standard survey measures of the strength of parental identity alongside validated cognitive test scores in a rich British cohort study. We show that children whose mothers report either an adoption or an active rejection of the majority identity tend to score lower in cognitive tests at age 7, compared to those children whose mothers report neutral feelings about the majority identity. We find no consistent differences in test scores according to mothers’ minority identity. Our findings provide no support for education or citizenship policies which promote the adoption of the majority identity or discourage the maintenance of separate identities in ethnic minority communities.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. Fiscal Studies published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. on behalf of Institute for Fiscal Studies. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Ethnic identity; national identity; test scores; child development |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2020 15:38 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2022 14:08 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1475-5890.12236 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:163517 |