Asian Segregation and Scholastic Achievement: Evidence from Primary Schools in New York City

Rocco d'Este and Elias Einiö ()
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Elias Einiö: CEP, London School of Economics

No 11682, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper examines the effects of Asian segregation on students' academic performance in New York City primary schools. We use exogenous variation in the share of Asian students across cohorts and schools stemming from a fertility shock among Asian population in the Chinese year of the Dragon. A one-percentage-point increase in Asian student share reduces non-Asian math and ELA scores by 0.03 and 0.05 standard deviations. The effects are largest among black and Hispanic students. We find little evidence of effects among white students. The findings suggest that desegregation policies may generate net benefits in terms of student achievement.

Keywords: race; Asian students; student composition; test score; public schools; Chinese Dragon year; ethnicity; student achievement; primary education; segregation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I29 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 62 pages
Date: 2018-07
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Published - published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021,83, 102129.

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