Katrina's Children: Evidence on the Structure of Peer Effects from Hurricane Evacuees. NBER Working Paper No. 15291

Autor/inn/en	Imberman, Scott; Kugler, Adriana D.; Sacerdote, Bruce
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Katrina's Children: Evidence on the Structure of Peer Effects from Hurricane Evacuees. NBER Working Paper No. 15291
Quelle	(2009) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Natural Disasters; Weather; Population Distribution; Peer Influence; Academic Achievement; Mathematics Tests; Attendance; Discipline Problems; Louisiana; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Wetter; Demographical distribution; Bevölkerungsverteilung; Schulleistung; Anwesenheit
Abstract	In 2005, hurricanes Katrina and Rita forced many children to relocate across the Southeast. While schools quickly enrolled evacuees, receiving families worried about the impact of evacuees on non-evacuee students. Data from Houston and Louisiana show that, on average, the influx of evacuees moderately reduced elementary math test scores in Houston. We reject linear-in-means models of peer effects and find evidence of a highly non-linear but monotonic model--student achievement improves with high ability and worsens with low ability peers. Moreover, exposure to undisciplined evacuees increased native absenteeism and disciplinary problems, supporting a "bad apple" model in behavior. (As Provided).
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