Working Paper: NBER ID: w10349
Authors: George J. Borjas
Abstract: This paper examines how the growth in the number of foreign students enrolled in graduate programs affects native enrollment in those programs. Although there is little evidence of a crowdout effect for the typical native student, the impact of foreign students on native educational outcomes differs dramatically across ethnic groups, and is particularly adverse for white native men. There is a strong negative correlation between increases in the number of foreign students enrolled at a particular university and the number of white native men in that university's graduate program. This crowdout effect is strongest at the most elite institutions.
Keywords: foreign students; native enrollment; graduate programs; crowdout effect; higher education
JEL Codes: I2
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Foreign student enrollment (I23) | Behavioral response of native students (C92) |
| Foreign student enrollment (I23) | Native student enrollment (white native men) (I29) |
| Foreign student enrollment (I23) | Native student enrollment (general) (I23) |