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Immigrants in the classroom and effects on native children

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  • Peter Jensen

    (Aarhus University, Denmark, and IZA, Germany)

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Many countries are experiencing increasing inflows of immigrant students. This raises concerns that having a large share of students for whom the host country language is not their first language may have detrimental effects on the educational outcomes of native children. However, the evidence is mixed, with some studies finding negative effects, and others finding no effects. Whether higher concentrations of immigrant students have an effect on native students differs across countries according to factors such as organization of the school system and immigrants’ socio-economic background.

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  • Peter Jensen, 2015. "Immigrants in the classroom and effects on native children," World of Labour, LISER, pages 194-194, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izawol:journl:y:2015:n:194
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    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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