Immigration and the School System

Facundo Albornoz, Antonio Cabrales and Esther Hauk

UFAE and IAE Working Papers from Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC)

Abstract: Immigration is an important problem in many societies, and it has wide-ranging effects 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 effect of immigration on the school system and how school quality may self-reinforce immigrants' and natives' choices.

Keywords: education; immigration; school resources; parental involvement; immigrant sorting. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I21 I28 J24 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47
Date: 2011-11-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-edu, nep-lab, nep-mig and nep-ure
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