Educational spillover and parental migration
Impacts of parental emigration on educational outcomes of children and, in turn, the children's influence on peers are theoretically ambiguous. Using novel data I collected on migration experiences and timing, family background and school performance of lower secondary pupils in Poland, I analyse empirically whether children with parents working abroad (PWA) influence school performance of their classmates. Migration is mostly temporary in nature, with one parent engaging in employment abroad. As many as 63% of migrant parents have vocational qualifications, 29% graduated from high school, 4% have no qualifications and the remaining 4% graduated from university. Almost 18% of all children are affected by parental migration and, on average, 6.5% of pupils in a class have a parent abroad. Perhaps surprisingly, estimates suggest that pupils benefit from the presence of PWA classmates. PWA pupils whose parents graduated from high school exert the biggest positive impact on their classroom peers. Further, classmates are differently affected by PWA children; those who themselves experienced migration within the family benefit most. This positive effect is likely driven by the student level interactions or increased teachers' commitment to classes with students from migrant families.
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2014-10-28
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Institutions: | School of Economics, University of Edinburgh |
Subject: | education of adolescents | migration | peer effects |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Notes: | 7 pages long |
Classification: | F22 - International Migration ; I29 - Education. Other ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010941717
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