Peer effects, social multipliers and migrants at school: an international comparison

Horst Entorf and Martina Lauk

No 164, Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics from Darmstadt University of Technology, Department of Law and Economics

Abstract: This article analyses the school performance of migrants dependent on peer groups in different international schooling environments. Using data from the international OECD PISA test, we consider social interaction within and between groups of natives and migrants. Results based on social multipliers (Glaeser et al. 2000, 2003) suggest that both native-tonative and migrant-to-migrant peer effects are higher in ability-differencing school systems than in comprehensive schools. Thus, non-comprehensive school systems seem to magnify the prevailing educational inequality between students with a low parental socioeconomic migration background and children from more privileged families.

Keywords: Peer effects; migration; education; social multipliers; school systems; parental socioeconomic background (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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Working Paper: Peer Effects, Social Multipliers and Migrants at School: An International Comparison (2009)
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Working Paper: Peer Effects, Social Multipliers and Migrants at School: An International Comparison (2006)
Working Paper: Peer Effects, Social Multipliers and Migrants at School: An International Comparison (2006)
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