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Speaking in Numbers: The Effect of Reading Performance on Math Performance among Immigrants

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 E. ; Piopiunik, Marc ; Rodríguez-Planas, Núria
Publisher:	Munich : Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Subject:	immigrants \| language \| math performance \| linguistic distance \| age-at-arrival \| instrumental variable

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Series:	CESifo Working Paper ; 5589
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	84056211X [GVK] hdl:10419/123227 [Handle] RePec:ces:ceswps:_5589 [RePEc]
Classification:	I21 - Analysis of Education ; i24 ; Z13 - Social Norms and Social Capital
Source:	EconStor

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