Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295922 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16899
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the extent and consequences of biases against immigrants exhibited by high school teachers in Finland. Compared to native students, immigrant students receive 0.06 standard deviation units lower scores from teachers than from blind graders. This effect is almost entirely driven by grading penalties incurred by high-performing immigrant students and is largest in subjects where teachers have more discretion in grading. While teacher-assigned grades on the matriculation exam are not used for tertiary enrollment decisions, we show that immigrant students who attend schools with biased teachers are less likely to continue to higher education.
Subjects: 
immigrants
discrimination
teachers
education policy
JEL: 
I24
J15
J68
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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