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

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  • Sophie Quis Johanna

    (Department of Economics, University of Bamberg, Feldkirchenstr. 21, 96052 Bamberg, Germany)

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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.

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  • Sophie Quis Johanna, 2018. "Does Compressing High School Duration Affect Students’ Stress and Mental Health? Evidence from the National Educational Panel Study," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 238(5), pages 441-476, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:jns:jbstat:v:238:y:2018:i:5:p:441-476:n:15
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    Keywords

    high school reform; internalizing mental health problems; NEPS; stress;
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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