The Effect of Immigration on Natives’ School Performance: Does Length of Stay in the Host Country Matter?

Laurent Bossavie

Journal of Human Resources, 2020, vol. 55, issue 2, 733-766

Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of exposure to immigrant classmates on natives’ scholastic achievement. I utilize rare information on age at migration to estimate separate spillover effects by duration of stay of immigrant classmates and use cohort-by-cohort changes in immigrant presence within schools to identify treatment effects. I find that exposure to immigrant students who have been in the country for a few years has no effect on natives. A small negative effect of recent immigrants on natives’ verbal scores only is reported. Effect sizes are quite small compared to other classroom interventions and peer effect estimates.

JEL-codes: I21 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
Note: DOI: 10.3368/jhr.55.3.1017-9151R2
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