Investigating the Impact of Immigrant Student Presence on Academic Performance
(2024) NEKN01 20241Department of Economics
- Abstract
- Immigration and its impact on education is a highly discussed and debated topic. Particularly, regarding how the presence of immigrant students influences academic performance, labor market outcomes and integration into the host country. This paper investigates the impact of immigrant students on the educational outcome of their peers in Australian schools. We use data from the PISA surveys for the years 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2022, employing an OLS with fixed effects to analyze this impact of both first and second-generation immigrant students.
Our findings indicate that an increase in the share of immigrant students positively influences overall student performance. Interestingly, we observe heterogeneous effects between student... (More) - Immigration and its impact on education is a highly discussed and debated topic. Particularly, regarding how the presence of immigrant students influences academic performance, labor market outcomes and integration into the host country. This paper investigates the impact of immigrant students on the educational outcome of their peers in Australian schools. We use data from the PISA surveys for the years 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2022, employing an OLS with fixed effects to analyze this impact of both first and second-generation immigrant students.
Our findings indicate that an increase in the share of immigrant students positively influences overall student performance. Interestingly, we observe heterogeneous effects between student subgroups, with a more pronounced effect observed for second-generation immigrants. These results highlight the importance of integrating immigrant students to foster a high-performing academic environment. Future research is needed to discover the mechanisms behind these positive effects (Less)
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- author
- Strid, Matilda LU and Loukagkou, Anna
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKN01 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Immigration, PISA, Australia, Education, Year Fixed Effects, Subject Fixed Effects
- language
- English
- id
- 9160172
- date added to LUP
- 2024-10-01 13:10:00
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abstract = {{Immigration and its impact on education is a highly discussed and debated topic. Particularly, regarding how the presence of immigrant students influences academic performance, labor market outcomes and integration into the host country. This paper investigates the impact of immigrant students on the educational outcome of their peers in Australian schools. We use data from the PISA surveys for the years 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2022, employing an OLS with fixed effects to analyze this impact of both first and second-generation immigrant students.
Our findings indicate that an increase in the share of immigrant students positively influences overall student performance. Interestingly, we observe heterogeneous effects between student subgroups, with a more pronounced effect observed for second-generation immigrants. These results highlight the importance of integrating immigrant students to foster a high-performing academic environment. Future research is needed to discover the mechanisms behind these positive effects}},
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