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 …

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 …

The idea that students benefit from same-sex teachers has motivated policies around the world aimed at reducing gender … that estimates are difficult to compare because of differences in methods, and shows evidence of publication bias. Our … multi-country study overcomes these shortcomings by providing many comparable estimates which are free of publication bias …

scores. Chapter 2 investigates the impact of four teacher characteristics - whether teachers hold a Master's degree, a … einen Master-Abschluss haben, eine fachspezifische Qualifikation, ein Hauptfach im Bildungswesen oder ihre Erfahrung - auf …

This paper assesses the effect of teachers on the gender gap in student test scores. It combines different empirical … and reading gender gaps. We use rich administrative data from Chile, that allows us to follow teachers through different … classes in different years. Our main findings indicate that teachers explain up to 18% of student test score variance and help …

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. …