Dressed for Success? The Effect of School Uniforms on Student Achievement and Behavior / Elisabetta Gentile, Scott A. Imberman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gentile, Elisabetta.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Imberman, Scott A.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w17337.

NBER working paper series no. w17337

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2011.

Summary:

Uniform use in public schools is rising, but we know little about how they affect students. Using a unique dataset from a large urban school district in the southwest United States, we assess how uniforms affect behavior, achievement and other outcomes. Each school in the district determines adoption independently, providing variation over schools and time. By including student and school fixed-effects we find evidence that uniform adoption improves attendance in secondary grades, while in elementary schools they generate large increases in teacher retention.

Notes:

Print version record

August 2011.