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Do anti-bullying policies deter in-school bullying victimization?

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Despite the significant increase in the number of anti-bullying laws between 2000 and 2015, there is little evidence on whether such policies can decrease the amount of bullying that occurs on school grounds. In this paper, I evaluate the effectiveness of bullying laws on decreasing the share of students who experience in-school bullying victimization using a difference-in-difference framework. The school-level results show that schools in states with such laws had less reported school bullying incidents (up to 8.4%) compared to schools in states without anti-bullying laws, and these effects are much stronger in states where there is a specific clause in the law defining the term bullying. Falsification tests for other crime-related behaviors, on which the anti-bullying laws should not have an effect, corroborate a causal interpretation of the results.

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  • Nikolaou, Dimitrios, 2017. "Do anti-bullying policies deter in-school bullying victimization?," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 1-6.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:irlaec:v:50:y:2017:i:c:p:1-6
    DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2017.03.001
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    Keywords

    Anti-bullying laws; Bullying victimization; Public policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • K15 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Civil Law; Common Law
    • K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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