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Speaking in numbers : the effect of reading performance on math performance among immigrants

Ingo E. Isphording; Marc Piopiunik; Núria Rodríguez-Planas

This paper is the first to estimate a causal effect of immigrant students' reading performance on their math performance. To overcome endogeneity issues due to unobserved ability, we apply an IV approach exploiting variation in age-at-arrival and the linguistic distance between origin and destination country languages. Using four PISA waves, we find a strong influence of reading performance on math performance, highlighting the importance of early language support for immigrants for their educational career.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Isphording, Ingo Eduard ; Piopiunik, Marc ; Rodríguez-Planas, Núria
Publisher:	Bonn : IZA
Subject:	immigrants \| language \| math performance \| linguistic distance \| age-at-arrival \| instrumental variable \| Migranten \| Migrants \| Sprache \| Language \| Mathematik \| Mathematics \| Bildungsniveau \| Educational achievement \| Mehrsprachigkeit \| Multilingualism

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (16 S.) graph. Darst.
Series:	Discussion paper series / IZA. - Bonn : IZA, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. 9433
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/124946 [Handle]
Classification:	I21 - Analysis of Education ; i24 ; Z13 - Social Norms and Social Capital
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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