ERIC Number: ED612273
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Aug
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-
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Educational and Labor Outcomes of the Texas Migrant Student Population. Policy Brief
Malinowska, Aleksandra
Texas Education Research Center
The children of migrant workers are one of the most marginalized populations in the United States. Instability and poverty impact many aspects of most migrant students' lives, especially education. Migrant or seasonal workers travel between cities, states, and countries following employment in temporary and cyclical industries such as agriculture, logging, fishing, or manufacturing. Texas has the second largest population of migrant students in the United States and spends about $50 million annually on the Texas Migrant Education Program (TMEP). There has been limited evaluation of outcomes following participation in the TMEP (or in the MEP in general) and no research regarding labor outcomes of former migrant students has been conducted. The purpose of this study is to estimate how educational and post-schooling outcomes of Latino students eligible to participate in the TMEP differ from those of the non-migrant Latino student population, controlling for various factors. Specifically, the study is guided by the following questions: (1) Does participation in the TMEP compensate for disadvantages faced by Latino migrant students?; (2) Do Latino TMEP participants fare better or worse compared to the non-migrant Latino student population? What explains these differences?; and (3) Does program eligibility or participation improve academic or labor market outcomes? The educational outcomes studied include total and chronic absenteeism, SAT score, odds of enrollment in a STEM major, and degree level awarded from public universities, career and technical schools, and community colleges. The primary labor market outcomes investigated are wages and odds of participating in the agricultural industry. OLS regression, logistic regression, ordered logit, zero inflated Poisson regression, and panel data with fixed effects were used. Changes in migrant students' eligibility for services allows for an estimation of the intent-to-treat effect of the TMEP.
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Employment Patterns, Hispanic American Students, Migrant Education, Labor Market, Wages, Attendance, College Entrance Examinations, Scores, Enrollment, STEM Education, Majors (Students), Educational Attainment, Migrant Children, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Education Research Center. University of Texas at Austin, Pickle Research Campus, 10100 Burnet Road, Bldg #137 TCB, Rm 1.143A, L4500, Austin, TX 78758; Tel: 512-471-4528; Web site: https://texaserc.utexas.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Texas Education Research Center
Identifiers - Location: Texas
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test)
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