TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Yao, Yuxin
AU  - Ohinata, Asako
AU  - Ours, Jan C. van
        TI  - The Educational Consequences of Language Proficiency for Young Children
        PY  - 2016/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9800
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9800
        AB  - This paper studies the educational consequences of language proficiency by investigating the relationship between dialect-speaking and academic performance of 5-6 year old children in the Netherlands. We find that dialect-speaking has a modestly negative effect on boys' language test scores. In addition, we study whether there are spillover effects of peers' dialect-speaking on test scores. We find no evidence for spillover effect of peers' dialect-speaking. The test scores of neither Dutch-speaking children nor dialect-speaking children are affected by the share of dialect-speaking peers in the classroom.
        KW  - spillover effects
KW  - test scores
KW  - dialect-speaking
KW  - language
KW  - academic performance
        ER  -