Does immigration affect the long-term educational outcomes of natives? Quasi-experimental evidence

Economic Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 540, 2009, Pages 1243-1269

  Gould, Eric D ^a   Lavy, Victor ^a,b   Paserman, M Daniele ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION; IMMIGRANT; STUDENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70149111928     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02271.x     Document Type: Article

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