Immigration, Public Education Spending, and Private Schooling

This article examines the impact of immigration on private school enrollment through themechanism of public education spending. It fmds that the immigrant share of populationraises private school enrollment across countries by leading to a decrease in the share ofpublic education spending. The decre...

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Main Author: Mavisakalyan, Astghik
Format: Journal Article
Published: Southern Economic Association 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31380
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description This article examines the impact of immigration on private school enrollment through themechanism of public education spending. It fmds that the immigrant share of populationraises private school enrollment across countries by leading to a decrease in the share ofpublic education spending. The decrease is driven by responses to immigrants fromculturally similar and developed countries. This suggests that the role of public schools inpromoting social cohesion among diverse populations is weighted against other concernsin education funding decisions in places with immigrant populations. The endogeneity ofimmigrant share is accounted for by using an instrument constructed from gravity modelestimates.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-313802017-02-28T01:42:11Z Immigration, Public Education Spending, and Private Schooling Mavisakalyan, Astghik This article examines the impact of immigration on private school enrollment through themechanism of public education spending. It fmds that the immigrant share of populationraises private school enrollment across countries by leading to a decrease in the share ofpublic education spending. The decrease is driven by responses to immigrants fromculturally similar and developed countries. This suggests that the role of public schools inpromoting social cohesion among diverse populations is weighted against other concernsin education funding decisions in places with immigrant populations. The endogeneity ofimmigrant share is accounted for by using an instrument constructed from gravity modelestimates. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31380 Southern Economic Association restricted
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Immigration, Public Education Spending, and Private Schooling
title Immigration, Public Education Spending, and Private Schooling
title_full Immigration, Public Education Spending, and Private Schooling
title_fullStr Immigration, Public Education Spending, and Private Schooling
title_full_unstemmed Immigration, Public Education Spending, and Private Schooling
title_short Immigration, Public Education Spending, and Private Schooling
title_sort immigration, public education spending, and private schooling
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31380