We study the extent and consequences of biases against immigrants exhibited by high school teachers in Finland …. Compared to native students, immigrant students receive 0.06 standard deviation units lower scores from teachers than from … is largest in subjects where teachers have more discretion in grading. While teacher-assigned grades on the matriculation …

that are likely valued by teachers. These differentials are larger for male students and those attending urban schools … market outcomes, which are all well know elements for the economic assimilation of immigrants. …

of teachers' bias in grading immigrants and native children in middle schools. Teachers give lower grades to immigrant … stronger stereotypes give lower grades to immigrants compared to natives with the same performance. Literature teachers do not … differentially grade immigrants based on their own stereotypes. Finally, we share teachers' own IAT score with them, randomizing the …

Using a dataset which allows students to be linked to their teachers, this paper examines how educators with an … possibility that immigrant and native teachers may be assigned to different types of schools, and even within schools, to … different types of students, two estimation strategies are employed. The first estimates the immigrant teacher impact by …

school. Exploring within-student variation in assignment to teachers, I find that teachers who are immigrants or descendants …This study investigates whether foreign origin teachers causally affect their students language skills in secondary … of immigrants significantly increase the reading comprehension of students. The effect is strongest for foreign origin …

of teachers' bias in grading immigrants and native children in middle schools. Teachers give lower grades to immigrant … stronger stereotypes give lower grades to immigrants compared to natives with the same performance.Literature teachers do not … differentially grade immigrants based on their own stereotypes. Finally, we share teachers' own IAT score with them, randomizing the …

outcomes. Exploring within-student variation in assignment to teachers, due to student mobility and teacher turnover, I am the … first to show that foreign origin teachers significantly increase the reading comprehension of students. Most notable is the … positive effect of foreign origin teachers who report a mother tongue other than German. They increase reading comprehension …

capital is important for understanding the economic integration of immigrants. …

Upon arrival to a new country, many immigrants face job downgrading, a phenomenon describing workers being in jobs far … below where they would be assigned based on their skills. Downgrading leads to immigrants receiving lower returns to the … examines the determinants of skill downgrading among two types of immigrants - refugees and economic immigrants - in the German …