Military Deployments and Children's Academic Achievement: Evidence from Department of Defense Education Activity Schools

Autor/inn/en	Engel, Rozlyn C.; Gallagher, Luke B.; Lyle, David S.
Titel	Military Deployments and Children's Academic Achievement: Evidence from Department of Defense Education Activity Schools
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 29 (2010) 1, S.73-82 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2008.12.003
Schlagwörter	Military Personnel; Family Work Relationship; Children; Academic Achievement; Standardized Tests; Public Schools; Personnel Data + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Schulleistung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Personaldaten
Abstract	Household disruptions--such as divorce, relocation, and parental absence--have long concerned researchers interested in the educational attainment of children. Here, we consider a plausible source of exogenous variation in work-related parental absences--military deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan in the 2002-2005 period. Combining the standardized test scores of children enrolled in Defense Department schools with their military parent's personnel data, we evaluate the effect of a soldier's deployment on the academic achievement of his or her children. We find that deployments have modest adverse effects in most academic subjects, with lengthy deployments and deployments during the month of testing associated with the largest detrimental effects. Evidence also suggests that these adverse effects may persist for several years. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10