Does Compressing High School Duration Affect Students’ Stress and Mental Health? Evidence from the National Educational Panel Study

Sophie Quis Johanna ()
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Sophie Quis Johanna: Department of Economics, University of Bamberg, Feldkirchenstr. 21, 96052 Bamberg, Germany

Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 2018, vol. 238, issue 5, 441-476

Abstract: Starting in 2004/2005, the German state Baden-Wurttemberg reduced academic track duration from nine to eight years, leaving cumulative instruction time mostly unchanged. I use this change in schooling policy to identify the effect of increased schooling intensity on students’ internalizing mental health problems and perceived stress. Using data on 2306 students from the Additional Study Baden-Wurttemberg of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), estimates show strong negative effects on internalizing mental health problems for girls and an increase in stress for both genders.

Keywords: high school reform; internalizing mental health problems; NEPS; stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I21 I28 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2018-0004

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