Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272373 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15746
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Immigrants change the school environment. A focus has been on negative spillovers on native students' educational attainment. Yet, exposure to immigrant peers has the potential for a wider range of effects. This paper examines effects on foreign language acquisition focusing on Norway. In Norway all students are taught, and are assessed, in English from an early age. We demonstrate that exposure to native English-speaking peers increase Norwegian students' English language skills. We provide evidence that these spillover effects likely occur outside of the classroom. They are solely present for English language skills and provide evidence of positive spillovers from immigrant diversity in schools that is missing from the existing literature. Our results have implications for the wider social effects of immigration and how foreign languages are taught in schools.
Subjects: 
immigration
English language attainment
educational attainment
JEL: 
J15
I21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
892.09 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.