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Immigration and the school system

Albornoz, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio; Hauk, Esther

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Antonio Cabrales

Esther Hauk



Abstract

This paper presents a tractable model to study the effect of immigration on host countries’ school system and student outcomes. In our model, education quality and student outcomes are determined endogenously by the interaction of parents, schools and policy-makers deciding educational resources. Immigration decisions are based on economic factors, immigration policy, as well as on “parental motivation” (parents’ concerns about their children education achievement). The model yields results that are consistent with central empirical regularities of the school effects of immigration: (1) there is a negative effect of immigrant pupils on native students; (2) the increasing shares of immigrant students are associated with the decline of school resources and quality; (3) the school performance of immigrant children is positively associated with immigration costs; and (4) school achievement increases in parental motivation and those immigrant children with highly motivated parents tend to outperform native children. Importantly, our analysis clarifies under which conditions these empirical regularities take place and emphasizes that the effect of immigration on native pupils is mediated by the way the school system reacts to changes in class composition.

Citation

Albornoz, F., Cabrales, A., & Hauk, E. (in press). Immigration and the school system. Economic Theory, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-017-1041-4

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 9, 2017
Online Publication Date Mar 27, 2017
Deposit Date May 16, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Economic Theory
Print ISSN 0938-2259
Electronic ISSN 1432-0479
Publisher Springer Verlag
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-017-1041-4
Keywords Immigration, Education, School system, Education policy
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/852325
Publisher URL http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00199-017-1041-4

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