How Immigrant Children Affect the Academic Achievement of Native Dutch Children

Ohinata, Asako; van Ours, Jan C.

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How Immigrant Children Affect the Academic Achievement of Native Dutch Children

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8718

35 Pages Posted: 22 Dec 2011

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Asako Ohinata

University of Leicester - Department of Economics

Jan C. van Ours

Tilburg University - Department of Economics; University of Melbourne - Department of Economics

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Date Written: December 2011

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze how the share of immigrant children in the classroom affects the educational attainment of native Dutch children. Our analysis uses data from various sources, which allow us to characterize educational attainment in terms of reading literacy, mathematical skills and science skills. We do not find strong evidence of negative spill-over effects from immigrant children to native Dutch children. Immigrant children themselves experience negative language spill-over effects from a high share of immigrant children in the classroom but no spill-over effects on maths and science skills.

Keywords: educational attainment, immigrant children, peer effects

JEL Classification: I21, J15

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Ohinata, Asako and van Ours, Jan C., How Immigrant Children Affect the Academic Achievement of Native Dutch Children (December 2011). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8718, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1976059