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Immigration and teacher bias towards students with an immigrant background

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  • Marco Alberto De Benedetto
  • Maria De Paola

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We analyse the role of changes in the geographic concentration of immigrants in shaping teachers’ assessment of students’ performance. By using data on Italian students attending the fifth grade, we adopt an IV estimation strategy and, by controlling for student performance in blindly scored tests of proficiency, find that an increasing presence of immigrants in the local population negatively affects the way teachers evaluate immigrant students, as opposed to their peers, in non-blindly graded tests. We also reveal that the effect is mainly driven by schools located in smaller communities and in areas with lower overall levels of educational attainment and that it is unlikely to be related to the conduct of immigrant students who live in the areas experiencing sizable increases in immigration flows. In addition, older teachers tend to be more biased.

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  • Marco Alberto De Benedetto & Maria De Paola, 2023. "Immigration and teacher bias towards students with an immigrant background," Economic Policy, CEPR, CESifo, Sciences Po;CES;MSH, vol. 38(113), pages 107-154.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ecpoli:v:38:y:2023:i:113:p:107-154.
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    Keywords

    J13; J15; I21; I24;
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    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality

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