The effect of immigrant concentration in schools on native and immigrant children's reading and math skills

Jensen, Peter; Rasmussen, Astrid Würtz

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“…A study on Denmark uses PISA data on 15-year-old children to investigate the effect of immigrant concentration in schools on test scores of native children [7]. After controlling for the potential selection of immigrant families to certain residential areas (using immigrant concentration in larger geographic areas as an additional variable to explain the residential selection), it finds that a high concentration of immigrant children in school negatively affects test scores of native Danish children.…”

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“…Some studies control for school-specific characteristics, or employ variation within schools to estimate the causal effects of immigrant concentration on native children's test scores [3], [4], [5], [6]. Other studies take account of the residential selection of immigrants by introducing an additional variable explaining (at least part of) the residential selection [7]. And some studies use specific events that increase immigration and the presence Peter Jensen | Immigrants in the classroom and effects on native children of immigrant children in a school as quasi-experimental evidence to find causal effects.…”

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“…In typical immigration countries such as Australia, Canada, the United States, and New Zealand, the number of international migrant workers has been increasing rapidly in the past decades (e.g., Jensen and Rasmussen 2011). This trend of immigration has also started spreading across Europe (Kloek et al 2013) and in several Asian countries and regions (Chan 2012), due to the fast-growing international collaboration and communication.…”

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Vocational Experiences and Quality of Life of Migrants: Overview and Future Research

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Quality of life is a complicated concept that has attracted broad attention from multiple disciplines. This article introduces a set of studies that employ diverse approaches to explore how work, vocational, and career experiences shape quality of life among migrants, and proposes a future agenda to extend this stream of research. Specifically, operationalizing quality of life in different ways, research showcased in this special issue has demonstrated how international and intranational migrants achieve, maintain, and enhance their wellbeing in different life domains. Reflecting on the literature and the showcased studies, this article proposes that future research should advance the current inquiry by better categorizing vocational experiences, uniquely operationalizing of quality of life in migration contexts, taking a more culturally sensitive perspective, and broadening methodological approaches. Abstract Quality of life is a complicated concept that has attracted broad attention from multiple disciplines. This article introduces a set of studies that employ diverse approaches to explore how work, vocational, and career experiences shape quality of life among migrants, and proposes a future agenda to extend this stream of research. Specifically, operationalizing quality of life in different ways, research showcased in this special issue has demonstrated how international and intranational migrants achieve, maintain, and enhance their well-being in different life domains. Reflecting on the literature and the showcased studies, this article proposes that future research should advance the current inquiry by better categorizing vocational experiences, uniquely operationalizing of quality of life in migration contexts, taking a more culturally sensitive perspective, and broadening methodological approaches.

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“…In this study, variation among classes within schools is exploited. Jensen and Rasmussen (2011) study secondary education students in Denmark using data from PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) and find negative effects of a higher immigrant concentration for both, native and immigrant students. The authors apply an IV-strategy using the immigrant concentration at the county level as an instrument for the school level.…”

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Immigrant concentration in schools: Consequences for native and migrant students

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2015

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractIn this paper, I study the impact of immigrant concentration in primary schools on educational outcomes of native and migrant students in a major Austrian city between 1980-2001. The outcome measures of interest are track attendance after primary education and grade repetition. Using variation in the fraction of students with migration background among adjacent cohorts within schools and drawing special attention to time trends, the analysis shows that migrant students suffer from school-grades with a higher share of migrant students, while natives are not affected on average. These negative spill-over effects are particularly strong between students from the same area of origin, indicating that peer groups in schools form along ethnic dimensions.JEL Classification: I21, J15, J24

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The effect of immigrant concentration in schools on native and immigrant children's reading and math skills

Cited by 158 publications

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Immigrants in the classroom and effects on native children

Immigrants in the classroom and effects on native children

Vocational Experiences and Quality of Life of Migrants: Overview and Future Research

Immigrant concentration in schools: Consequences for native and migrant students

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