TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Epstein, Gil S.
AU  - Sansani, Shahar
        TI  - Immigrant Examination Behavior
        PY  - 2019/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12758
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12758
        AB  - In this paper, we estimate differences in examination behavior between immigrants and natives, by examining differences in the propensity to forego a passing grade on a final exam in order to retake that final exam. Retaking a final exam involves some level of uncertainty, so differences in examination behavior may be due to differences in motivation, risk-taking, and discipline. We find that immigrants are about 2 percentage points more likely to retake a passed exam than natives. This represents a large difference given a baseline retake rate of about 6.5 percentage points.
        KW  - examination behavior
KW  - immigrant-native differences
KW  - uncertainty
KW  - motivation
        ER  -