The effect of immigration on the school performance of natives: Cross country evidence using PISA test scores |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis, University of Turin, Torino, Italy;2. Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis, University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri, Italy;3. School of Accounting, Economics and Finance Room 40.215, University of Wollongong North Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia;1. College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, No.1 Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430070, China;2. China Center for Agricultural Policy, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, China;3. Center for China Grain Research and Training, No.45 Fuxingmennei Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100801, China;1. Center for Chinese Public Administration Research, School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University, China;2. College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University, Australia |
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| Abstract: | We use aggregate PISA data for 19 countries over the period 2000–2009 to study whether a higher share of immigrant pupils affects the school performance of natives. We find evidence of a negative and statistically significant relationship. The size of the estimated effect is small: doubling the share of immigrant pupils in secondary schools from its current sample average of 4.2–8.4 percent would reduce the test score of natives by 1–3.4 percent, depending on the selected group of natives. There is also evidence that – conditional on the average share of immigrant pupils – reducing the dispersion of this share between schools has small positive effects on the test scores of natives. Whether these findings can be generalized to a larger sample of countries is an open question that we leave to future research. |
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