How Immigrant Children Affect the Academic Achievement of Native Dutch Children

CentER Discussion Paper No. 2011-136

34 Pages Posted: 13 Dec 2011

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Jan C. van Ours

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

Asako Ohinata

University of Leicester - Department of Economics

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Date Written: December 9, 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: Immigrant children, Peer effects, Educational attainment

JEL Classification: I21, J15

Suggested Citation

van Ours, Jan C. and Ohinata, Asako, How Immigrant Children Affect the Academic Achievement of Native Dutch Children (December 9, 2011). CentER Discussion Paper No. 2011-136, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1971194 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1971194

Jan C. Van Ours (Contact Author)

Tilburg University - Department of Economics ( email )

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University of Melbourne - Department of Economics ( email )

Melbourne, 3010
Australia

Asako Ohinata

University of Leicester - Department of Economics ( email )

Department of Economics
Leicester LE1 7RH, Leicestershire LE1 7RH
United Kingdom

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