The Effect of Immigration on Education
The Effect of Immigration on Education
- Giorgio BrunelloGiorgio BrunelloDepartment of Economics and Management, University of Padova
Summary
Does a higher share of immigrants affect the school performance of both immigrants and natives? Do desegregation policies improve efficiency? The existing evidence suggests that a higher share of immigrants has a negative (and often sizable) effect on the school performance of immigrants and a negative but probably small effect on the performance of natives. When average school performance is considered, this asymmetry generates concave peer effects, a key condition for the efficiency of desegregating policies. The broad message from the empirical literature is that these policies are not only equitable, in that they provide better opportunities to individuals with relatively low parental background, but also efficient.
Subjects
- Health, Education, and Welfare Economics
- Labor and Demographic Economics
- Public Economics and Policy