@techreport{55d080a9861e4372b542e76cfdd377ee,
title = "The Education Consequences of Language Proficiency for Young Children",
abstract = "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.",
keywords = "dialect-speaking, test scores, spillover effects",
author = "Yuxin Yao and Asako Ohinata and {van Ours}, Jan",
year = "2016",
month = mar,
day = "8",
language = "English",
volume = "2016-009",
series = "CentER Discussion Paper",
publisher = "CentER, Center for Economic Research",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "CentER, Center for Economic Research",
}