Can ethnic diversity have a positive effect on school achievement?

Virginia Maestri

Education Economics, 2017, vol. 25, issue 3, 290-303

Abstract: This study investigates the impact of ethnic diversity on test scores, on top of the effect of the share of non-native pupils. We use a rich survey of Dutch primary school students and exploit variations between subsequent cohorts within the same school as our identification strategy. We find that ethnic diversity has a positive impact on the test scores of minority students, in particular for language skills. We also find some evidence of a negative relationship between ethnic diversity and school social integration. We suggest that ethnic diversity stimulates language proficiency and increases the time students spend studying.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2016.1238879

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