The impact of immigration on the educational attainment of natives

Using a state panel from 1940–2010, I examine the impact of immigration on the high school completion of natives in the United States. Immigrant children could influence native children's educational experience as well as their expected future labor market. I find evidence for both channels and...

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Published in:The Journal of human resources 2017, Vol.52 (4), p.1060-1118
Main Author: Hunt, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bildungsabschluss
Bildungsbeteiligung
Bildungsverhalten
Children
Children & youth
Educational attainment
Einwanderung
Immigrants
Immigration
Inländer
Labor market
Noncitizens
Schulabschluss
Schulbildung
Schulerfolg
Secondary schools
Sekundarbereich
Settlement patterns
USA
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Summary:Using a state panel from 1940–2010, I examine the impact of immigration on the high school completion of natives in the United States. Immigrant children could influence native children's educational experience as well as their expected future labor market. I find evidence for both channels and a positive net effect. An increase of one percentage point in the share of immigrants in the population aged 11–64 increases the probability that natives aged 11–17 eventually complete 12 years of schooling by 0.3 percentage point. I account for the endogeneity of immigrant flows by using instruments based on 1940 settlement patterns.
ISSN:0022-166X
1548-8004
1548-8004
DOI:10.3368/jhr.52.4.0115-6913R1