CASE Social Exclusion Seminars
Migrant-origin children in Ireland: Language and reading development in early childhood
Frances McGinnity (Trinity College Dublin and the Economic and Social Research Institute)
Wednesday 08 June 2022 16:30 - 18:00
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About this event
Ireland provides a useful case study into the experiences of second-generation migrants in a ‘new immigration country’ where relatively little is known about the Irish-born children of recent migrants. This talk will discuss the paper that draws on a large representative cohort study of children born in 2008, Growing up in Ireland, one third of whom are of migrant origin (14% with one parent born abroad and 19% with both parents (or lone parent) born abroad). The paper use OLS modelling and Gelbach decomposition analysis to examine how country of birth, linguistic and ethnic background of parents influence children’s English vocabulary and reading scores from age three to age nine, and the role of socio-economic status, child characteristics and school characteristics in explaining these relationships, and a lagged dependent variable model to explore progression over time.
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These seminars are held on Wednesdays in term time at 12:00-13:00
Seminars this year will continue as in person or as hybrid (online and in person) events. Please check our website listings and Twitter feed @CASE_LSE for updates.
This seminar series is organised by:
Laura Lane, Email: l.lane@lse.ac.uk
Dr Abigail McKnight, Email: abigail.mcknight@lse.ac.uk
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The CASE team Email: case@lse.ac.uk.