Abstract
Abstract We focus on high school dropout rates among male and female immigrant children. We consider the relationship between the dropout rate and age at arrival of the immigrants. Using repeated cross sectional data from the Israeli Labor Force Surveys of 1996-2011 we show that the share of high school dropouts among immigrant children who arrived from the Former Soviet Union during 1989-1994 is at least double that of natives in the same age group. Further, we show that among immigrant youth there is a negative relation between age at arrival and the share of high school dropouts. To understand our results we present a theoretical framework that links between age at arrival in the host country, language proficiency, quality of education and wages. Keywords: Immigrants, Age at arrival, High-school dropouts.
Highlights
In this paper, we consider the relationship between age at arrival to the host county of immigrant children and the probability of dropping out from high school
We start by presenting the phenomena using data from the Israeli Labor Force Surveys of 19962011, and we show that the share of high school dropouts among immigrant children who arrived from the Former Soviet Union during 1989-1994 and were 6-18 years old at arrival is at least double that of natives in the same age group
In our Israeli case study, we focus on immigrant children who arrived in Israel from the Former Soviet Union (FSU)
Summary
We consider the relationship between age at arrival to the host county of immigrant children and the probability of dropping out from high school. The main result we obtain is that among immigrant children, age at arrival plays an important role in education achievements and in the decision to drop out of high-school, probably through the effect of age at arrival on language acquisition.
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