We examine the educational spillover effects of migrant students on local students' academic achievement in public … migrant students across classes within schools. We find that the proportion of migrant students in each class has a small, and … positive, effect on local students' test scores in Chinese, but has no significant effect on math and English test scores. We …

Children of Asian immigrants in most English-speaking destinations have better academic outcomes, yet the underlying … causes of their advantages are under-studied. We employ panel time-use diaries by two cohorts of children observed over a … decade to present new evidence that children of Asian immigrants begin spending more time than their peers on educational …

Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in … pronounced for higher performing students. By contrast, gender differences in media time are the main factor explaining gender … gaps in non-cognitive skills. As children age, gender differences in time allocation play an increasing role in explaining …