Diversity in Schools. Immigrants and the Educational Performance of U.S. Born Students.

Autor/inn/en	Figlio, David N.; Giuliano, Paola; Marchingiglio, Riccardo; Özek, Umut; Sapienza, Paola
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Diversity in Schools. Immigrants and the Educational Performance of U.S. Born Students.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research (2021), 50, 27 S. PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper series. w28596
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
DOI	10.3386/w28596
Schlagwörter	Vergleich; Bildungsniveau; Bildungsertrag; Schule; Schulwahl; Schüler; Arbeitspapier; Migrant; Nordamerikaner; USA
Abstract	We study the effect of exposure to immigrants on the educational outcomes of US-born students, using a unique dataset combining population-level birth and school records from Florida. This research question is complicated by substantial school selection of US-born students, especially among White and comparatively affluent students, in response to the presence of immigrant students in the school. We propose a new identification strategy to partial out the unobserved non-random selection into schools, and find that the presence of immigrant students has a positive effect on the academic achievement of US-born students, especially for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Moreover, the presence of immigrants does not affect negatively the performance of affluent US-born students, who typically show a higher academic achievement compared to immigrant students. We provide suggestive evidence on potential channels.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2021/3