eng Immigration and the school system Albornoz, Facundo Cabrales, Antonio, Hauk, Esther Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper 2012  Immigració  Política educativa http://ddd.uab.cat/record/90473 oai:www.recercat.cat:2072/196235 oai:ddd.uab.cat:90473 Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús de Creative Commons, amb la qual es permet copiar, distribuir i comunicar públicament l'obra sempre que se'n citin l'autor original, la universitat, la unitat i l’institut i no se'n faci cap ús comercial ni obra derivada, tal com queda estipulat en la llicència d'ús http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/es/ Immigration is an important problem in many societies, and it has wide-ranging effects on the educational systems of host countries. There is a now a large empirical literature, but very little theoretical work on this topic. We introduce a model of family immigration in a framework where school quality and student outcomes are determined endogenously. This allows us to explain the selection of immigrants in terms of parental motivation and the policies which favor a positive selection. Also, we can study the effect of immigration on the school system and how school quality may self-reinforce immigrants' and natives' choices.