Publications [#301052] of Jacob L. Vigdor

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Journal Articles

  1. CT Clotfelter, HF Ladd and JL Vigdor. "New destinations, new trajectories? The educational progress of Hispanic youth in North Carolina.." Child Dev 83.5 (September, 2012): 1608-1622. [22966926], [doi]
    (last updated on 2016/07/04)

    Abstract:
    Since 1990, Latin American immigrants to the United States have dispersed beyond traditional gateway regions to a number of "new destinations." Both theory and past empirical evidence provide mixed guidance as to whether the children of these immigrants are adversely affected by residing in a nontraditional destination. This study uses administrative public school data to study over 2,800 8- to 18-year-old Hispanic youth in one new destination, North Carolina. Conditional on third-grade socioeconomic indicators, Hispanic youth who arrive by age 9 and remain enrolled in North Carolina public schools close achievement gaps with socioeconomically similar White students by sixth grade and exhibit significantly lower high school dropout rates. Their performance resembles that of first-generation youth in more established immigration gateways.

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