The Educational Consequences of Language Proficiency for Young Children

Yuxin Yao (), Asako Ohinata () and Jan van Ours
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Yuxin Yao: Tilburg University
Asako Ohinata: University of Leicester

No 9800, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper studies the educational consequences of language proficiency by investigating the relationship between dialect-speaking and academic performance of 5-6 year old children in the Netherlands. We find that dialect-speaking has a modestly negative effect on boys' language test scores. In addition, we study whether there are spillover effects of peers' dialect-speaking on test scores. We find no evidence for spillover effect of peers' dialect-speaking. The test scores of neither Dutch-speaking children nor dialect-speaking children are affected by the share of dialect-speaking peers in the classroom.

Keywords: spillover effects; test scores; dialect-speaking; language; academic performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2016-03
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Published - published in: Economics of Education Review, 2016, 54, 1-15

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Working Paper: The Education Consequences of Language Proficiency for Young Children (2016)
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