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dc.titleThe Effects of Mass Migration on The Academic Performance of Native Students: Evidence from Chile
dc.contributor.authorContreras, Dante
dc.contributor.authorGallardo, Sebastián
dc.contributor.orgunitMigration Unit
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageVenezuela
dc.coverageHaiti
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2020-10-08T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2020-07-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractUsing longitudinal data and a Difference-in-Difference approach, this paper examines how the mass inflow of Venezuelan and Haitian migrants to Chile has influenced the learning outcomes of native students. The evidence shows negative effects on standardized test scores, especially in male students (-0.058SD). Said effects are considerably greater in Reading (-0.084SD) when examining the migration of non-Spanish speakers (mainly Haitians). When the shock is due to Venezuelan students, negative effects in Mathematics are observed equally strongly in male and female students (-0.053SD). Two factors that may account for these effects are identified. First, a lack of human and financial resources to address these new educational demands. Second, a native flight from public to private schools, especially involving higher SES students, when the shock is due to non-Spanish speakers (mainly Haitians).
dc.format.extent37
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002732
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/The-Effects-of-Mass-Migration-on-The-Academic-Performance-of-Native-Students-Evidence-from-Chile.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectAcademic Performance
dc.subjectTest Score
dc.subjectPublic School
dc.subjectPrivate School
dc.subjectMigration and Migrant
dc.subjectEducational Institution
dc.subject.jelcodeI28 - Government Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeJ15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeF22 - International Migration
dc.subject.jelcodeI20 - Education and Research Institutions: General
dc.subject.jelcodeH52 - Government Expenditures and Education
dc.subject.keywordsImmigration;Causal Effects;Academic Performance;Peer Effect
dc.typeDiscussion Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-DP-00816
idb.operationRG-T3473
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