Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58841 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6212
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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.
Subjects: 
immigrant children
peer effects
educational attainment
JEL: 
I21
J15
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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