Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP8653
Authors: Facundo Albornozcrespo; Antonio Cabrales; Esther Hauk
Abstract: Immigration is an important problem in many societies, and it has wide-ranging e ects on the educational systems of host countries. There is a now a large empirical literature, but very little theoretical work on this topic. We introduce a model of family immigration in a framework where school quality and student outcomes are determined endogenously. This allows us to explain the selection of immigrants in terms of parental motivation and the policies which favor a positive selection. Also, we can study the e ect of immigration on the school system and how school quality may self-reinforce immigrants' and natives' choices.
Keywords: education; immigrant sorting; immigration; parental involvement; school resources
JEL Codes: I20; I21; I28; J24; J61
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Parental motivation (J13) | Selection of immigrants (K37) |
| Selection of immigrants (K37) | Educational outcomes for immigrant children (I21) |
| Parental motivation (J13) | Likelihood of emigration (F22) |
| Immigration (F22) | Classroom composition (C92) |
| Classroom composition (C92) | Educational performance of immigrant and native students (I24) |
| Motivated immigrant children (J82) | Overall school environment (I23) |
| Overall school environment (I23) | Improved outcomes for all students (I24) |
| Negative selection of immigrants (K37) | Native students' performance (I24) |