Immigrant children’s school performance and immigration costs: evidence from Spain

Albornoz, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio; Calvo, Paula; Hauk, Esther

Abstract

This note provides evidence on how immigration costs affect school performance of immigrant children exploiting the information provided by the CDI; a standardized exam for all students enrolled in the last year of Primary education in the Madrid region. For a given socio-economic background and parent characteristics, school performance of immigrant children improves with parental immigration costs.

Citation

Albornoz, F., Cabrales, A., Calvo, P., & Hauk, E. (2018). Immigrant children’s school performance and immigration costs: evidence from Spain. Economics Letters, 170, 27-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.05.015

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 14, 2018
• Online Publication Date: May 28, 2018
• Publication Date: Sep 30, 2018
• Deposit Date: Sep 13, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 13, 2018
• Journal: Economics Letters
• Print ISSN: 0165-1765
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 170
• Pages: 27-30
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.05.015
• Keywords: school performance, immigration, parental involvement, immigration costs
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176518301885