Abstract
A point of contention in the refugee crisis involves possible adverse effects on host communities associated with poor, low-skilled migrants withlowhost-communitylanguage knowledge. We use unique matched birth and schooling records to examine the effects of a large influx of poor, non-English-speaking Haitian migrants into Florida public schools immediately following the devastating 2010 earth-quake. We find zero or modestly positive estimated effects of these migrants on the educational outcomes of incumbent students in the year of the earthquake or in the 2 years that follow, regardless of the socioeconomic status, grade level, ethnicity, or birthplace of incumbent students.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Journal | Journal of Labor Economics |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 2019 |
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- Economics and Econometrics
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Unwelcome guests? The effects of refugees on the educational outcomes of incumbent students. / Figlio, David N; Özek, Umut.
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AU - Figlio, David N
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AB - A point of contention in the refugee crisis involves possible adverse effects on host communities associated with poor, low-skilled migrants withlowhost-communitylanguage knowledge. We use unique matched birth and schooling records to examine the effects of a large influx of poor, non-English-speaking Haitian migrants into Florida public schools immediately following the devastating 2010 earth-quake. We find zero or modestly positive estimated effects of these migrants on the educational outcomes of incumbent students in the year of the earthquake or in the 2 years that follow, regardless of the socioeconomic status, grade level, ethnicity, or birthplace of incumbent students.
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