2019/02/19 by David Figlio, Umut Özek · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Migration, Health and Trauma #Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
paper · doi:10.1086/703116
openalex publication_date 2019/02/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
A point of contention in the refugee crisis involves possible adverse effects on host communities associated with poor, low-skilled migrants with low host-community language knowledge. We use unique matched birth and schooling records to examine the effects of a large influx of poor, non-English-speaking Haitian migrants into Florida public schools immediately following the devastating 2010 earthquake. We find zero or modestly positive estimated effects of these migrants on the educational outcomes of incumbent students in the year of the earthquake or in the 2 years that follow, regardless of the socioeconomic status, grade level, ethnicity, or birthplace of incumbent students.