TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Isphording, Ingo E.
AU  - Piopiunik, Marc
AU  - Rodríguez-Planas, Núria
        TI  - Speaking in Numbers: The Effect of Reading Performance on Math Performance among Immigrants
        PY  - 2015/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9433
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp9433
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - age-at-arrival
KW  - immigrants
KW  - linguistic distance
KW  - math performance
KW  - language
KW  - instrumental variable
        ER  -