PRI Working Papers
by Suet-ling Pong
92-09 Preferential Policies and Secondary School Attainment in Peninsular Malaysia By: Suet-ling Pong
Published As: Pong, S. (1993). "Preferential Policies and Secondary School Attainment in Peninsular Malaysia." Sociology of Education 66(4):245-261. |Journal Home Page|
93-08 Who Wants Daughters? Sex Preference and Ethnicity in Peninsular Malaysia By: Suet-ling Pong
Published As: Pong, S. (1994). "Sex Preference and Fertility in Peninsular Malaysia." Studies in Family Planning 25(3):137-148. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
94-21 Sibling Size and Children's Educational Attainment in Peninsular Malaysia By: Suet-Ling Pong
Published As: Pong, S. (1997). "Sibship Size and Educational Attainment in Peninsular Malaysia: Do Policies Matter?." Sociological Perspectives 40(2):227-242. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
95-03 Educational Policy Outcomes and Intentions in Malaysia By: Suet-Ling Pong
Published As: Pong, S. (1995). "Access to Education in Peninsular Malaysia: Ethnicity, Social Class and Gender." Compare 25(3):239-252. |Journal Home Page|
95-05 Single-Motherhood and Children's School Attendance in Peninsular Malaysia By: Suet-ling Pong
Published As: Pong, S. (1996). "School Participation of Children from Single-Mother Families in Malaysia." Comparative Education Review 40(3):231-249. |Journal Home Page|
95-11 Schooling and Work among Thai Adolescents: Household Dynamics under Rapid Economic and Demographic Change By: Kerry Richter and Suet-ling Pong
96-06 Other People's Parents: Contextual Effects of Single-Parenthood on Children's Academic Achievement By: Suet-ling Pong
Published As: Pong, S. (1997). "Family Structure, School Context, and Student Achievement." Journal of Marriage & the Family 59(3):734-746. |Journal Home Page|
96-08 Family Change and School Dropout: The Role of Income Change By: Suet-ling Pong and Dong Beom Ju
Published As: Pong, S. and D. Ju (2000). "The Effects of Change in Family Structure and Income on Dropping Out of Middle and High School." Journal of Family Issues 21(2):147-169. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
97-01 Intra-Family Educational Inequality in Hong Kong: The Waning Effect of Sibship Composition By: David Post and Suet-ling Pong
Published As: Post, D. and S. Pong (1998). "The Waning Effect of Sibship Composition on School Attainment in Hong Kong." Comparative Education Review 42(2):99-117. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
99-11 The Impact of Class Size on Eighth-Grade Math Achievement: An International Study of the Intervening Roles of Curriculum and Instruction By: Suet-ling Pong and Aaron Pallas
Published As: Pong, S. and A.M. Pallas (2001). "Class Size and Eighth-Grade Math Achievement in the United States and Abroad." Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis 23(3):251-273. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
99-15 Employment During Middle School: The Effects on Academic Achievement in the U.S. and Abroad By: David Post and Suet-ling Pong
Published As: Post, D. and S. Pong (2000). "Employment During Middle School: The Effects on Academic Achievement in the U.S. and Abroad." Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 22(3):273-298. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
00-01 International Policies on Early Adolescent Employment: An Evaluation from the U.S. and TIMSS Participant Nations By: David Post and Suet-ling Pong
Published As: Post, D. and S. Pong (2000). "International Policies on Early Adolescent Employment: An Evaluation from the U.S. and TIMSS Participant Nations." International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice 2:153-170.
01-11 An International Comparison of the Effects of Single-Parent Family on Math and Science Achievement By: Suet-ling Pong, Jaap Dronkers, and Gillian Hampden-Thompson
Please see revised version: working paper 02-03
02-03 Family Policies and Academic Achievement by Young Children in Single-Parent Families: An International Comparison By: Suet-ling Pong, Jaap Dronkers, and Gillian Hampden-Thompson
Revised version of working paper 01-11
Published As: Pong, S. , J. Dronkers and G. Hampden-Thompson (2003). "Family Policies and Children's School Achievement in Single-Versus Two-Parent Families." Journal of Marriage and the Family 65(3):681-699. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
02-04 Does Family Policy Environment Mediate the Effect of Single-Parenthood on Children's Academic Achievement? A Study of 14 European Countries By: Gillian Hampden-Thompson and Suet-ling Pong
Published As: Hampden-Thompson, G. and S. Pong (2005). "Does Family Policy Environment Moderate the Effect of Single-Parenthood on Children's Academic Achievement? A Study of 14 European Countries." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 36(2):227-248. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
02-05 Parental Involvement and Children's Educational Achievement: Immigrant Generational Differences By: Suet-ling Pong, Lingxin Hao, and Erica Gardner
Please see revised version: working paper 05-05
03-07 Immigrant Children's School Performance By: Suet-ling Pong
04-03R School Climate and Youth's Strategies to Intervene Peer's Risk Behaviors By: Suet-ling Pong, Constance Flanagan, and Les Gallay
Revised version (September 2004) of working paper 04-03, "School Climate and Students' Intervention Strategies" by Les Gallay and Suet-ling Pong
04-05 Co-resident Grandparents and Grandchildren's Academic Performance By: Peter Moyi, Suet-ling Pong and William Frick
05-05 The Roles of Parenting Styles and Social Capital in the School Performance of Immigrant Asian and Hispanic Adolescents By: Suet-ling Pong, Lingxin Hao, and Erica Gardner
Revised version of working paper 02-05, Parental Involvement and Children's Educational Achievement: Immigrant Generational Differences By: Suet-ling Pong, Lingxin Hao, and Erica Gardner.
Published As: Pong, S. , L. Hao and E. Gardner (2005). "The Roles of Parenting Styles and Social Capital in the School Performance of Immigrant Asian and Hispanic Adolescents." Social Science Quarterly 86(4):928-950. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
06-02 Neighborhood and School Factors in the School Performance of Immigrants' Children By: Suet-ling Pong and Lingxin Hao
Published As: Pong, S. and L. Hao (2007). "Neighborhood and School Factors in the School Performance of Immigrants' Children." International Migration Review 41(1):206-241. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
08-01 The Role of School Upward Mobility of Disadvantaged Immigrants' Children By: Lingxin Hao (Johns Hopkins University) and Suet-ling Pong
This working paper has been withdrawn and is no longer available.
08-06 Assimilation or Isolation? The Case of Mainland Chinese Immigrant Students in Hong Kong By: Suet-ling Pong and Wing Kwong Tsang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
09-02 Co-resident Grandparents and Grandchildren's Academic Performance in Taiwan By: Suet-ling Pong and Vivien W. Chen
Forthcoming in Journal of Comparative Family Studies
09-04 Grade-level and Achievement of Immigrants' Children: Academic Redshirting in Hong Kong By: Suet-ling Pong
Published As: Pong, S. (2009). "Grade Level and Achievement of Immigrants' Children: Academic Redshirting in Hong Kong." Educational Research and Evaluation 15(4):405-425. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
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