Non-Dutch (working) papers and lectures of Jaap Dronkers

Last update October 25, 2011

 

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Increasing negative effects of single-parenthood on educational outcomes by higher single parenthood-levels? A comparison of PISA 2000, 2003 and 2009. J. Dronkers & M. de Lange. PowerPoint presented at the International Divorce Conference, DONDENA Centre for Research on Social Dynamics, Bocconi University, Milan, 27-29 October 2011.

 

Are immigrant students better off in certain types of educational systems or schools than in others? On the effects of educational systems, school-composition, track-level, parental background and country of origin on the achievement of 15-year- old immigrant students. J. Dronkers, R. van der Velden & A. Dunne. Keynote address at The European Conference on Educational Research 2011, 13-16 september 2011 in Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

 

The effects of educational systems, school-composition, track-level, parental background and immigrants’ origins on the achievement of 15-years-old native and immigrant students. A reanalysis of PISA 2006. J. Dronkers, R. van der Velden & A. Dunne. ROA Research Memorandum 2011/6.

 

Why 15-year old pupils in the Netherlands and Flanders have such high scores in international comparisons of educational outcomes? A first analysis with one German educational system. T. Prokic-Breuer & J. Dronkers. Paper presented at the OnderwijsResearch Dagen 2011, 8, 9 & 10 June 2011 in the University Maastricht.

 

Explaining immigrant citizenship status. First and second generation immigrants in fifteen European states. J. Dronkers & M. Vink. Paper presented at meeting of the Political Sociology section of the European Sociology Association (RN 32). University of Lille 2, France, 4-5 November 2010.

 

Positive but also negative effects of ethnic diversity in schools on educational achievement? An empirical test with cross-national PISA-data. J. Dronkers. Inaugural lecture given 17 June 2010 at the acceptance of the position of professor of International Comparative research on educational performance and social inequality in the School of Business and Economics of the University Maastricht and Paper presented at the conference Integration and Inequality in Educational Institutions at the University of Bremen, Teerhof, 24-25 September 2010.

 

The higher educational achievement of Chinese pupils, inside and outside of Asia: the higher transparency of Chinese numbers or a higher value of learning within Chinese culture? J. Dronkers & M. de Heus.

 

The educational performance of children of immigrants in 16 OECD countries. The influences of educational systems and other societal features of both countries of origin. M. de Heus & J. Dronkers. Conference on Inequality Measurement and the Progress of Society. Malta Valletta, 22-23 April 2010. A Dutch version is published in Tijdschrift voor Sociologie (2010).

 

To vote or not to vote? Electoral participation of immigrants from different countries of origin in 24 European countries of destination. Stéfanie André, Jaap Dronkers & Ariana Need. Paper presented at the ECSR conference ‘Changing societies in the context of the European Union enlargement’, Sciences Po-CNRS, Paris 11-12 December 2009.  

 

Immigrants’ children scientific performance in a double comparative design: the influence of origin, destination, and community. M. de Heus & J. Dronkers. Summer 2009 Meeting of the ISA RC28 Mobility and Inequality: Intergenerational and Life Course Perspectives. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut August 3 - 6, 2009

 

Parental divorce and attitudes about society of their children. Tijana Prokic & Jaap Dronkers.  Paper presented at the Seventh Meeting of the European Network for Sociological and demographic Study of Divorce, June 25th-26th  in Antwerp, Belgium.

 

Nobility among the Austrian economic elite in 2008. Philipp Korom & Jaap Dronkers. An older version of this paper was presented at the invited workshop ‘Nobility in Europe during the 20th Century: Memories, Loyalties and Advantages in Context’, hosted by the European University Institute, Florence, 15-16 June 2009.

 

Social class dimensions in the selection of a private school: A cross-national analysis using Pisa. Silvia Avram & Jaap Dronkers. An older version of this paper was presented at the meeting of the research committee 28 Beijing Meeting, 14-16 May 2009.

 

Family Forms and Children’s Educational Performance in a Cross-National Perspective: Effects of School’s Resources and Family Policies of Modern Societies. Marloes de Lange, Jaap Dronkers & Maarten Wolbers. Paper presented at the Dutch-Fleming Meeting of Sociology 2009, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 11 June 2009. An older version of this paper was presented at the European Divorce Network Meeting September 18th – 19th September 2008, Oslo, Norway. A final Dutch version will be published in the book issue of Mens & Maatschappij 2011

 

Perceptions of In-group Discrimination by First and Second Generation Immigrants from Different Countries of Origin in EU Member-States. S. André, J. Dronkers & F. Fleischmann. An older version was presented at the RC28 Spring Meeting 2008 Social Stratification and Insiders/Outsiders: Cross-national Comparisons within and between Continents. Florence, Italy, 15-18 May 2008 & Dutch-Fleming Meeting of Sociology 2008, Leuven, Belgium, 29 May 2008 and at the International Conference on Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts (3MC), Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, June 25-28, 2008. A final Dutch version is published in Mens & Maatschappij (2009). [PDF]

 

Immigrant pupils’ scientific performance: the influence of educational system features of countries of origin and destination M. de Heus, J. Dronkers & M. Levels. An older version of this paper was presented at the RC28 Spring Meeting 2008 Social Stratification and Insiders/Outsiders: Cross-national Comparisons within and between Continents. Florence, Italy, 15-18 May 2008& Dutch-Fleming Meeting of Sociology 2008, Leuven, Belgium, 29 May 2008

 

Parental divorce and offspring marriage in Finland: later, but with whom? Jani Erola, Juho Härkönen & Jaap Dronkers. EUI SPS working paper 2008/04. An older version of this paper was presented at the fifth meeting of the European Network for the sociological and demographic Study of Divorce, 17-18 September 2007, the London School of Economics.

 

Stability and Change in the Effects of Female Educational Attainment and the Risk of Union Dissolution. A Seventeen-Countries Comparison. Juho Härkönen & Jaap Dronkers. EUI working paper SPS 2006/04. Earlier versions have been presented at the 37th world congress of the International Institute of Sociology, session Demographic Aspects of Family Change, Stockholm, Sweden, 5-9 July 2005 and the Notestein Seminar Princeton 27 September 2005, the American Sociological Association 99th Annual Meeting in San Francisco/USA 14-17 August 2004 and 3rd Conference of the European Research Network on Divorce December 2nd - 4th 2004 in Cologne/Germany. A comparable analysis of the educational gradient of divorce on marriage in stead of union dissolution is also available: Stability and change in the educational gradient of divorce. A comparison of seventeen countries, and is published in the special issue of European Sociology Review 2006 ‘Causes and consequences of divorce: cross-national and cohort differences’.

 

The Effects of Immigration Policies and Labor Market Structures on the Income of Immigrants to the More Developed Countries of Europe and North America. R.A. Wanner & J. Dronkers. Keynote speech at the Dutch-Flemish Sociological Meeting, Brussels 2 June 2005 and Harvard University Malcolm Wiener Inequality & Social Policy Seminar Series on September 26, 2005. A Dutch version of this paper is published in Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsmarktvraagstukken (2006). [PDF]

 

From public offices to the cultural or economic sector. How Dutch nobility kept its elite positions during the 20th century. J. Dronkers & H. Schijf. Paper presented at the meeting of the ISA Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility in Neuchatel, Switzerland, 7-9 May, 2004. A Dutch version is published in Virtus. Jaarboek voor adelsgeschiedenis (2004).

 

Family structure and educational attainment in Hungary. Erzsebet Bukodi & Jaap Dronkers. Paper presented at the second conference of The European network for empirical and comparative research on the sociological aspects of divorce, Tilburg (Netherlands), November 13-16, 2003.

 

Marriages between nobility and high bourgeoisie as a way to maintain their elite positions in modern Dutch society. Jaap Dronkers & Huibert Schijf. Paper presented at the session of the ESA network ‘Biographical Perspectives on European Societies’ of the 6th Conference of the European Sociological Association, 23-26 September 2003 in Murcia, Spain. A Dutch version is published in De Nederlandsche Leeuw (2005). [PDF]

 

Can the Similarity in Divorce Risks of West-German Siblings be explained by Parental Divorce and by other Family Characteristics? J. Dronkers. EUI Working SPS Paper 2003/05. Paper presented at the fourth Dutch Sociological Market, 22 May 2003, Nijmegen.

 

Is there a relation between divorce risk and intelligence? Evidence from the Netherlands. J. Dronkers. Paper presented at the gender studies programme seminar of the Robert Schumann Centre for Advanced Studies (San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy), 20 March 2003. Published in a Dutch translation in Mens & Maatschappij (2002). [PDF]

 

Are German Non-Public Secondary Schools More Effective at Teaching Mathematics and Natural Sciences? J. Dronkers, J. Baumert & K. Schwippert. Paper presented at the XV World Congress of Sociology in Brisbane (Australia) 7-13 July 2002.

 

La noblesse néerlandaise a-t-elle conservé son importance sociale au cours du vingtième siècle? [Has the Dutch nobility retained its social relevance during the 20th century?] J. Dronkers. Paper presented at the seminar ‘Réseaux familiaux et parenté dans les sociétés traditionelles et contemporaines’ of the Centre Roland Mousnier, Université de Paris-IV Sorbonne. May 3, 2002. Published in a Dutch version in Amsterdams Sociologisch Tijdschrift (2000) and in an English version in European Sociological Review (2003).

 

Effects of residential mobility on the educational opportunity of children in a small society with a centralised educational system. A. Vermeij & J. Dronkers. ASSR working paper 70, presented at the joint conference of the British Society for Population Studies and the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Demografie, University Utrecht, Utrecht, 31 August - 1 September 2000. Published in a Dutch translation in Pedagogiek (2001).

 

The intergenerational transmission of divorce risks in France. T. Traag, J. Dronkers & L.-A. Vallet. ASSR working paper no.68, presented to the Research Committee 28 - Social Stratification of the International Sociological Association in Libourne, France May 11-14, 2000.

 

The Changing Balance between Educational Qualifications, Occupations and Gender in the Netherlands and five other EU Memberstates between the 70's and 90's. J. Dronkers. Paper presented at the 4th European Conference of Sociology. August 18-21, 1999. Amsterdam

 

Different Groups of Migrants and their Participation in Dutch Universities and Vocational Colleges: what are good indicators for migrants and educational success? J. Dronkers & U. de Jong. Paper presented for the meeting van RC 28 Social Stratification of the International Sociological Association in Madison, Wisconsin, August 12-14, 1999.

 

The Importance of Cognitive Abilities at Primary School for Educational and Occupational Success in the Life Course of a Dutch Generation, born around 1940. J. Dronkers. Paper presented for the Research Committee on Social Stratification at the 14th World Congress of Sociology, July 27 – August 1, 1998, Montreal, Canada. Published in a Dutch translation in Psychologie en Maatschappij (1999).

 

Ethnic diversity in distances between language and arithmetic scores between boys and girls. J.F.M. de Fraiture, J. Dronkers & M. van Erp. Paper presented at the SCO-Kohnstamm Institute conference ‘Upbringing, education and social cohesion’, 18-19 October 1997. Amsterdam. Published in a Dutch translation in Tijdschrift voor nascholing en onderzoek van het reken-wiskundeonderwijs (1998).

 

The Amsterdam Model of Study Careers. Integration of Human Capital Theory and Sociological Integration theory in explaining Study Careers in Higher Education. U. de Jong, C.-Y. Sikkema & J..Dronkers. Paper presented at the ECSR conference "Rational Action Theories in Social Analysis: Applications and New Developments", Långholmen, Stockholm, Sweden, October 16-19, 1997.

 

Following in their parents' footsteps: intergenerational transmission of divorce in the Netherlands? J. Dronkers. Paper presented at the European Sociological Association Conference, University of Essex, August 27th-30, 1997. Published in a Dutch translation in Mens & Maatschappij (1997).

 

Does a conservative authoritarian regime promote the importance of the family? Trends in the resemblance in educational and occupational attainment of Spanish siblings from different birth cohorts. H. Ruigrok & J. Dronkers. Paper the NSV Meeting Sociology 1997, Utrecht 29 May 1997. Published in a Spanish translation in Revista Complutense de Educación (1999).

 

The effects of mother’s paid occupation on the well-being of children in Dutch secondary education. M. van Doornik & J. Dronkers. Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research, Seville (Spain), 25-28 September 1996. Published in a Dutch translation in Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies (1998).

 

Communism and the decline of the family. Resemblance between the occupational levels of Polish siblings from different gender, generations, political background and family forms. H. Ruigrok, J. Dronkers & B. Mach. Paper presented at the 7th Dutch social science conference, 11 and 12 April 1996 in Amsterdam

 

The decline of the family and educational resemblance between Australian siblings: Birth Cohorts, Migration, Divorce and Working Mothers N. Borgers, J. Dronkers, L. Rollenberg, M.D.R. Evans & J. Kelley. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Sociological Association, 19-23 August 1995, Washington D.C.

 

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