Diversity in Schools : immigrants and the educational performance of U.S. born students / David N. Figlio [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Figlio, David N., author.

Series:

Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) ; no. 28596

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2021.

Summary:

We study the effect of exposure to immigrants on the educational outcomes of US-born students, using a unique dataset combining population-level birth and school records from Florida. This research question is complicated by substantial school selection of US-born students, especially among White and comparatively affluent students, in response to the presence of immigrant students in the school. We propose a new identification strategy to partial out the unobserved non-random selection into schools, and find that the presence of immigrant students has a positive effect on the academic achievement of US-born students, especially for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Moreover, the presence of immigrants does not affect negatively the performance of affluent US-born students, who typically show a higher academic achievement compared to immigrant students. We provide suggestive evidence on potential channels.

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