Do small high schools affect rates of risky health behaviors and poor mental health among low-income teenagers? Evidence from New York city.
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| Title: | Do small high schools affect rates of risky health behaviors and poor mental health among low-income teenagers? Evidence from New York city. |
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| Authors: | Hong, Kai1, Fatima, Syeda Sana2, Schwartz, Amy Ellen3, Stiefel, Leanna1, Glied, Sherry1 sherry.glied@nyu.edu |
| Source: | Education Economics. Aug2024, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p474-493. 20p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Student well-being, *School enrollment, Mental health of teenagers, Youth violence |
| Geographic Terms: | New York (N.Y.) |
| Abstract: | We evaluate the impacts of small high schools on youth risky behaviors and mental health in New York City, using a two-sample-instrumental-variable approach to address endogenous school enrollment. We find heterogeneous effects. School size, overall, has little effect. Among students most likely to attend small schools opened after an educational-achievement-oriented reform, however, diagnoses of violence-associated injuries and mental health disorders increased. Among students most likely to attend traditional small schools opened prior to the reform, pregnancy rates and diagnoses of mental health disorders declined. School focus is more important than school size as a determinant of student well-being outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | We evaluate the impacts of small high schools on youth risky behaviors and mental health in New York City, using a two-sample-instrumental-variable approach to address endogenous school enrollment. We find heterogeneous effects. School size, overall, has little effect. Among students most likely to attend small schools opened after an educational-achievement-oriented reform, however, diagnoses of violence-associated injuries and mental health disorders increased. Among students most likely to attend traditional small schools opened prior to the reform, pregnancy rates and diagnoses of mental health disorders declined. School focus is more important than school size as a determinant of student well-being outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 09645292 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09645292.2023.2239526 |
