Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185142 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11682
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines the effects of Asian segregation on students' academic performance in New York City primary schools. We use exogenous variation in the share of Asian students across cohorts and schools stemming from a fertility shock among Asian population in the Chinese year of the Dragon. A one-percentage-point increase in Asian student share reduces non-Asian math and ELA scores by 0.03 and 0.05 standard deviations. The effects are largest among black and Hispanic students. We find little evidence of effects among white students. The findings suggest that desegregation policies may generate net benefits in terms of student achievement.
Subjects: 
segregation
primary education
Chinese Dragon year
ethnicity
student achievement
public schools
test score
student composition
Asian students
race
JEL: 
I20
I29
J15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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