The skill development of children of immigrants

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Hull, Marie and Norris, Jonathan (2020) The skill development of children of immigrants. Economics of Education Review, 78. 102036. ISSN 0272-7757 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2020.102036)

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Abstract

In this paper, we study the evolution of cognitive and noncognitive skills gaps for children of immigrants between kindergarten and 5th grade using two cohorts of elementary school students. We find some evidence that children of immigrants begin school with lower math scores than children of natives, but this gap disappears in later elementary school. For noncognitive skills, children of immigrants and children of natives score similarly in early elementary school, but a positive gap opens up in 2nd grade. We find that the growth in noncognitive skills is driven by disadvantaged immigrant students. We discuss potential explanations for the observed patterns of skill development as well as the implications of our results for the labor market prospects of children of immigrants.

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Hull, Marie and Norris, Jonathan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9603-8481;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:73913
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    31 October 2020
    Published
    25 August 2020
    Published Online
    20 July 0202
    Accepted
    Subjects:Social Sciences > Economic Theory
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Economics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:18 Sep 2020 13:22
    Last modified:27 Nov 2024 01:18
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/73913
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