Geay, Charlotte, McNally, Sandra 
ORCID: 0000-0003-2332-9709 and Telhaj, Shqiponja
(2013)
Non-native speakers of English in the classroom: what are the effects on pupil performance?
The Economic Journal, 123 (570).
F281-F307.
ISSN 0013-0133
Abstract
There has been an increase in the number of children going to school in England who do not speak English as a first language. We investigate whether this has an impact on the educational outcomes of native English speakers at the end of primary school. We show that the negative correlation observed in the raw data is mainly an artefact of selection: non-native speakers are more likely to attend school with disadvantaged native speakers. We attempt to identify a causal impact of changes in the percentage of non-native speakers. Our results suggest zero effect and rule out negative effects.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28... |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 The Author(s). The Economic Journal © 2013 Royal Economic Society |
| Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology L Education > L Education (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2014 15:15 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 00:30 |
| Funders: | Nuffield Foundation |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/59314 |
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