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Migration Inflow and School Performance of Incumbents

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  • Demid Getik

    (Durham University)

  • Anna Sjogren

    (Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU))

  • Anton Sundberg

    (Uppsala University, IFAU)

Abstract

We examine how exposure to recent migrants and asylum seekers affects the academic performance of incumbent students in Sweden between 2008 and 2022, a period characterized by large migration inflows. To identify the effect, we exploit variation in exposure to recent migrants between siblings and over time for the same individuals. We find a modest positive effect on native students' test scores and opposite sign, but insignificant negative effects on foreign background students. We also find that contexts matter. While the positive results are driven by schools with high levels of exposure and there are positive effects of migrant exposure on native students in rural areas, our estimates are negative for both native and foreign background students in large cities. Analyses of mechanisms suggest that school responses to reduce class size play a role in generating net positive effects of migrant exposure. Findings are similar when considering the more acute exposure of the 2015-2016 refugee crisis in an events study approach.

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  • Demid Getik & Anna Sjogren & Anton Sundberg, 2024. "Migration Inflow and School Performance of Incumbents," Department of Economics Working Papers 2024_01, Durham University, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    schooling; peers; migration;
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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