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Katrina's Children: Evidence on the Structure of Peer Effects from Hurricane Evacuees / Scott Imberman, Adriana D. Kugler, Bruce Sacerdote.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Imberman, Scott.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w15291.
- NBER working paper series no. w15291
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Katrina's Children
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2009.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- August 2009.
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