Does Early Educational Tracking Increase Migrant-Native Achievement Gaps? Differences-In-Differences Evidence Across Countries

Jens Ruhose () and Guido Schwerdt

No 8903, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We study whether early tracking of students based on ability increases migrant-native achievement gaps. To eliminate confounding impacts of unobserved country traits, we employ a differences-in-differences strategy that exploits international variation in the age of tracking as well as student achievement before and after potential tracking. Based on pooled data from 12 large-scale international student assessments, we show that cross-sectional estimates are likely to be downward-biased. Our differences-in-differences estimates suggest that early tracking does not significantly affect overall migrant-native achievement gaps, but we find evidence for a detrimental impact for less integrated migrants.

Keywords: educational tracking; educational inequalities; immigration; differences-in-differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I28 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2015-03
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Published - published in: Economics of Education Review, 2016, 52, 134-154

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Journal Article: Does early educational tracking increase migrant-native achievement gaps? Differences-in-differences evidence across countries (2016)
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