Immigration and Educational Attainment of Natives
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Respondents | Mother Had High School or Less | |||||
| OLS | 2SLS | 2SLS | ||||
| Control for Mother’s Education (Years) | Control for Grade 8 School Quality | Control for Mother’s Education (Years) | Control for Grade 8 School Quality | |||
| Dependent variable: received high school diploma (no GEDs) | ||||||
| 0.0167 (0.016) | 0.0501* (0.0256) | 0.0302 (0.0223) | 0.0601** (0.0259) | 0.0405 (0.0385) | 0.0309 (0.0369) | 0.0608 (0.0397) |
| Dependent variable: ever attended a postsecondary education program | ||||||
| 0.0337* (0.02) | 0.152*** (0.0348) | 0.1152*** (0.0272) | 0.1707*** (0.0343) | 0.1974*** (0.0503) | 0.1847*** (0.0452) | 0.2213*** (0.0517) |
| Dependent variable: earned a postsecondary education credential | ||||||
| 0.0316 (0.0241) | 0.1126** (0.0472) | 0.0714** (0.0357) | 0.1256*** (0.0418) | 0.1087** (0.0516) | 0.0996** (0.047) | 0.1175** (0.0523) |
Notes:
↵*** p < 0.01
↵** p < 0.05
↵* p < 0.1.
Data from the NELS:88. Dependent variables are indicators for educational attainment. Table only shows the coefficient on 1990 immigration from OLS or 2SLS specifications (instrument for contemporary immigration is a prediction of low-skilled immigration to the CZ using previous immigrant populations). All models also include a constant, indicators for gender and race/ethnicity, and 1990 eighth grade CZ characteristics: percent adult population with a bachelor’s degree, percent population without a high school diploma, and indicators for urbanicity (five of them) and region (three of them). See text for list of school quality controls. Full sample size is approximately 8,820, and sample with less-educated mothers has approximately 3,880 observations (rounded to the nearest ten for confidentiality restrictions). Standard errors clustered at eighth grade CZ level.