The Effect of Immigration on the School Performance of Natives: Cross Country Evidence Using PISA Test Scores

Autor/inn/en	Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo
Titel	The Effect of Immigration on the School Performance of Natives: Cross Country Evidence Using PISA Test Scores
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 32 (2013), S.234-246 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.10.006
Schlagwörter	Immigrants; Scores; Academic Achievement; Secondary School Students; School Demography; Foreign Countries; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Schulleistung; Sekundarschüler; Schulbesuchsrate; Ausland
Abstract	We use aggregate PISA data for 19 countries over the period 2000-2009 to study whether a higher share of immigrant pupils affects the school performance of natives. We find evidence of a negative and statistically significant relationship. The size of the estimated effect is small: doubling the share of immigrant pupils in secondary schools from its current sample average of 4.2-8.4 percent would reduce the test score of natives by 1-3.4 percent, depending on the selected group of natives. There is also evidence that--conditional on the average share of immigrant pupils--reducing the dispersion of this share between schools has small positive effects on the test scores of natives. Whether these findings can be generalized to a larger sample of countries is an open question that we leave to future research. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10