Does Pollution Increase School Absences? NBER Working Paper No. 13252
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| Title: | Does Pollution Increase School Absences? NBER Working Paper No. 13252 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Currie, Janet, Hanushek, Eric, Kahn, E. Megan, Neidell, Matthew, Rivkin, Steven, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA. |
| Source: | National Bureau of Economic Research. 2007. |
| Availability: | National Bureau of Economic Research. 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-5398. Tel: 617-588-0343; Web site: http://www.nber.org/cgi-bin/get_bars.pl?bar=pub |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Publication Date: | 2007 |
| Contract Number: | R305A060067 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education Middle Schools |
| Descriptors: | Pollution, Attendance, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, School Districts, Environmental Standards |
| Geographic Terms: | Texas |
| Abstract: | We examine the effect of air pollution on school absences using unique administrative data for elementary and middle school children in the 39 largest school districts in Texas. These data are merged with information from monitors maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency. To control for potentially confounding factors, we adopt a difference-in-difference-in differences strategy, and control for persistent characteristics of schools, years, and attendance periods in order to focus on variations in pollution within school-year-attendance period cells. We find that high levels of carbon monoxide (CO) significantly increase absences, even when they are below federal air quality standards. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| IES Funded: | Yes |
| Entry Date: | 2008 |
| Access URL: | https://www.nber.org/papers/w13252 |
| Accession Number: | ED501943 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | We examine the effect of air pollution on school absences using unique administrative data for elementary and middle school children in the 39 largest school districts in Texas. These data are merged with information from monitors maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency. To control for potentially confounding factors, we adopt a difference-in-difference-in differences strategy, and control for persistent characteristics of schools, years, and attendance periods in order to focus on variations in pollution within school-year-attendance period cells. We find that high levels of carbon monoxide (CO) significantly increase absences, even when they are below federal air quality standards. |
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