@article {Hunt0115-6913R1, author = {Jennifer Hunt}, title = {The Impact of Immigration on the Educational Attainment of Natives}, elocation-id = {0115-6913R1}, year = {2016}, doi = {10.3368/jhr.52.4.0115-6913R1}, publisher = {University of Wisconsin Press}, abstract = {Using a state panel from 1940{\textendash}2010, I examine the impact of immigration on the high school completion of natives in the United States. Immigrant children could influence native children{\textquoteright}s educational experience as well as their expected future labor market. I find evidence for both channels and a positive net effect. An increase of one percentage point in the share of immigrants in the population aged 11{\textendash}64 increases the probability that natives aged 11{\textendash}17 eventually complete 12 years of schooling by 0.3 percentage point. I account for the endogeneity of immigrant flows by using instruments based on 1940 settlement patterns.}, issn = {0022-166X}, URL = {https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2016/08/31/jhr.52.4.0115-6913R1}, eprint = {https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2016/08/31/jhr.52.4.0115-6913R1.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Human Resources} }