RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Effect of Immigration on Natives’ School Performance: Does Length of Stay in the Host Country Matter?
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 1017-9151R2
DO 10.3368/jhr.55.3.1017-9151R2
A1 Laurent Bossavie
YR 2018
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2018/09/04/jhr.55.3.1017-9151R2.abstract
AB This paper investigates the effects of immigrant concentration in the classroom on natives’ scholastic achievement. It utilizes rare information on age at migration to estimate separate spillover effects by duration of stay of immigrant classmates, and uses cohort-by-cohort changes in immigrant concentration within schools to identify treatment effects. The presence of immigrant students who have been in the country for some time is found to have no effect on natives. However, a small negative effect of recent immigrants on natives’ language scores is reported. When significant, effect sizes are quite small compared to other educational interventions and peer effect estimates.