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Abstract:
Homicides are the crudest outcome of violence and crime. They may instil fear with observers and may lead to behavioural adjustments. We use a number of large administrative Brazilian datasets to estimate the causal effect of exposure to homicides in the public way on schooling outcomes. Within-school estimates show that violence in the surroundings of schools, at the residence of students, and on the walking path from residence to school has a negative effect on a number of measures of school achievement such as test scores, repetition, dropout and school progression. We also find that school attendance suffers following a homicide in the school surroundings. Exceptionally rich data allow us to investigate heterogeneous effects and explore the channels underlying these effects.
Presented by:
Martin Foreaux Koppensteiner, University of Leicester
Date & time:
October 17, 2018 11:30 am - October 17, 2018 12:30 pm
Venue:
ISER large seminar room, 2N2 4.16
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