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European Sociological Review 2007 23(3):341-356; doi:10.1093/esr/jcm008
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Immigrant Concentration in Schools: Peer Pressures in Place?

Héctor Cebolla Boado

Instituto Juan March de Estudios e Investigaciones, C/Castelló 77, 28006 Madrid, Spain. Tel; +34 91 435 42 40, Fax; +34 91 576 34 20, Email: hcebolla{at}ceacs.march.es

This article explores the existence of negative peer pressures resulting from the concentration of foreigners in French lower secondary schools. Using three indicators of school attainment (number of years spent in lower secondary education, grades in 4th and 3rd year, and track selection in upper secondary), the article concludes that the results of the empirical analysis are sensitive to the assumptions and methods used. If we assume that the distribution of foreigners across social spaces is a random and exogenous process, then the multivariate analyses confirm negative peer effects. If, on the contrary, we consider it the result of prior sorting mechanisms of individuals accross school districts, the evidence indicates that the concentration of foreigners has no statistically significant impact on attainment.

Manuscript received: May 1, 2006.


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