Abstract:This paper focuses on the territorial distribution of students with an immigrant background enrolled in the 3 rd cycle of basic education in Portugal and on the differences in the academic performance of students enrolled in the last year of this cycle based on their birthplace and immigrant background when compared to their native peers in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. These differences are examined by estimating several linear regression models using as dependent variable three performance indicators -studen… Show more
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