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

Jens Ruhose (ruhose@economics.uni-kiel.de) and Guido Schwerdt (guido.schwerdt@uni-konstanz.de)
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Guido Schwerdt: Department of Economics, University of Konstanz, Germany

No 2015-06, Working Paper Series of the Department of Economics, University of Konstanz from Department of Economics, University of Konstanz

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: Immigration; educational inequalities; educational tracking; differences-in-differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I28 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2015-03-01
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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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