The Effects of Local Industrial Pollution on Students and Schools

Claudia Persico and Joanna Venator

Journal of Human Resources, 2021, vol. 56, issue 2, 406-445

Abstract: Using detailed education data for 1996–2012 from the state of Florida, we examine whether pollution from local Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) sites affects student achievement and high-stakes accountability school rankings. Using event study and difference-in-differences designs, we compare students attending schools within one mile of a TRI site that opens or closes to students attending schools between one and two miles away. We find that being exposed to air pollution is associated with 0.024 of standard deviation lower test scores, increased likelihood of suspension from school, and increased likelihood that a school’s overall high-stakes accountability ranking will drop.

Date: 2021
Note: DOI: 10.3368/jhr.56.2.0518-9511R2
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