Ethnic Composition of Schools and Students’ Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sweden
2019 (English)In: The international migration review, ISSN 0197-9183, E-ISSN 1747-7379, Vol. 53, no 2, p. 486-517Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
We examine the impact of ethnic school composition on students’ educational outcomes using Swedish population register data. We add to the literature on the consequences of ethnic school segregation for native and immigrant students by distinguishing social interaction effects from selection and environmental effects through one- and two-way fixed effects models. Our findings demonstrate that native and immigrant students’ grades are relatively unaffected by social interaction effects stemming from the proportion of immigrant schoolmates. However, we find nontrivial effects on their eligibility for upper secondary school. Immigrants’ educational outcomes are weakly positively affected by the proportion of co-ethnics in school.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2019. Vol. 53, no 2, p. 486-517
Keywords [en]
educational outcomes, ethnic school segregation, peer effects
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-156130DOI: 10.1177/0197918318769314ISI: 000470760000007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85059916217OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-156130DiVA, id: diva2:1302217
Projects
Segregation: Mikromekanismer och makroprocesser (RJ)Äpplen som faller långt från träden. Barndomens sociala kontext och dess betydelse för intergenerationell social mobilitet (VR)SIMSEG - Interdisciplinary Research on School Segregation (VR)
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 445-2013-7681Swedish Research Council, 340-2013-5460Swedish Research Council, 340-2013-5164Swedish Research Council, 2015-01635Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, M12-0301:1EU, European Research Council, 324233
Note
Funding agencies: European Research Council under the European Union [324233]; Riksbankens Jubileumsfond [M12-0301:1]; Swedish Research Council [445-2013-7681, 340-2013-5460, 2015-01635]; Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte) [2009-1350, 201
2019-04-032019-04-032019-07-03Bibliographically approved