Does English proficiency affect academic performance?

Doris Geide-Stevenson

International Review of Economics Education, 2018, vol. 28, issue C, 41-48

Abstract: Based on data from international transfer students in a dual degree undergraduate economics program in the U.S., this research asks whether English proficiency impacts academic performance measured as the overall U.S. GPA upon graduation and the grade obtained in a writing-intensive capstone course. The results indicate that English proficiency positively impacts academic performance, but at a declining rate. This non-linear relationship is sensitive to whether students placed into an English as a Second Language program are included in the sample or not and the type of achievement variable considered, thus highlighting a more nuanced result than expected.

Keywords: English proficiency; Academic achievement; Educational production function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iree.2018.04.002

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