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Title: White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2023

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DOI: 10.3386/w31434

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Abstract: Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial group in the US but we know little about how Asian immigration has affected cities, neighborhoods and schools. This paper studies white flight from Asian arrivals in high-socioeconomic-status Californian school districts from 2000-2016 using initial settlement patterns and national immigrant flows to instrument for entry. We find that, as Asian students arrive, white student enrollment declines in higher-income suburbs. These patterns cannot be fully explained by racial animus, housing prices, or correlations with Black/ Hispanic arrivals. Parental fears of academic competition may play a role.

Url: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w31434/w31434.pdf

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Authors: Boustan, Leah Platt; Cai, Christine; Tseng, Tammy

Series Title: NBER Working Paper Series

Publication Number: 31434

Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research

Pages: 1-38

Publisher Location: Cambridge, MA

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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