Discussion paper

DP8653 Immigration and the School System

Immigration is an important problem in many societies, and it has wide-ranging e ects on the educational systems of host countries. There is a now a large empirical literature, but very little theoretical work on this topic. We introduce a model of family immigration in a framework where school quality and student outcomes are determined endogenously. This allows us to explain the selection of immigrants in terms of parental motivation and the policies which favor a positive selection. Also, we can study the e ect of immigration on the school system and how school quality may self-reinforce immigrants' and natives' choices.

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Citation

Hauk, E and F Albornoz-Crespo (2011), ‘DP8653 Immigration and the School System‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 8653. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp8653