Immigrant children’s school performance and immigration costs: Evidence from Spain

This note provides evidence on how immigration costs affect school performance of immigrant children exploiting the information provided by the CDI; a standardized exam for all students enrolled in the last year of Primary education in the Madrid region. For a given socio-economic background and par...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Albornoz, Facundo, Cabrales, Antonio, Calvo, Paula, Hauk, Esther
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2018
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/167391
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/167391
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:School performance
Immigration
Parental involvement
Immigration costs
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Summary:This note provides evidence on how immigration costs affect school performance of immigrant children exploiting the information provided by the CDI; a standardized exam for all students enrolled in the last year of Primary education in the Madrid region. For a given socio-economic background and parent characteristics, school performance of immigrant children improves with parental immigration costs.