Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/114111 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 9234
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper empirically analyzes the effects of immigration on the schooling decisions of natives. We employ household-level data for Spain for years 2000-2012, a period characterized by a large immigration wave and a severe recession. Our estimates reveal that Spanish households responded to immigration by increasing their educational expenditures. This result was mainly driven by an important native flight from tuition-free schools toward private ones. We also find strong evidence of cream-skimming: only the more educated native households switched to private schools in response to immigration. Finally, our simulations suggest that the reduction in household income due to the Great Recession mitigated the flight toward private schools triggered by immigration but was not enough to offset it. We argue that these findings are driven by several factors: school assignment rules, concerns over negative peer effects, and political economy forces.
Subjects: 
education
public school
recession
immigration
JEL: 
D7
F22
H52
H75
J61
I22
I24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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