Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2025-11-27
Number: 25-067/V
Author-Name: Stanislav Avdeev
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Amsterdam
Title: University as a Melting Pot: Long-term Effects of Internationalization
Abstract: This paper provides the first evidence on the impact of exposure to international students on the long-term outcomes of native students. I combine unique survey and administrative data from the Netherlands covering one million students across three decades and employ an across-cohort design. I find that exposure to international students leads natives to (i) form social ties with non-natives, (ii) hold more positive attitudes towards migration and learning about other cultures, and (iii) seek opportunities abroad. Notably, I find precisely estimated zero effects on employment, income, entrepreneurship, and the share of international co-workers up to 25 years after university entry.
Classification-JEL: F22, I23, J24
Keywords: Contact hypothesis, domestic students, foreign students, higher education, labor market, mobility, networks, peer effects, emigration 
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