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When Crime Comes to the Neighborhood: Short-Term Shocks to Student Cognition and Secondary Consequences

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  • Eunsik Chang
  • María Padilla-Romo

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We provide evidence that short-term shocks to student cognitive performance have long-lasting consequences for human capital development. We use administrative data from Mexico City to show that students’ exposure to violent crime in the week immediately prior to a high-stakes exam lowers females’ test scores by 11% of a standard deviation. As a result, 19% of female students exposed to violent crime are subsequently assigned to less preferred, lower-quality high schools. We find no such effect for males and show that crime-induced concentration problems are an underlying mechanism behind the detrimental effects on females’ test scores.

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  • Eunsik Chang & María Padilla-Romo, 2023. "When Crime Comes to the Neighborhood: Short-Term Shocks to Student Cognition and Secondary Consequences," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 41(4), pages 997-1039.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jlabec:doi:10.1086/721656
    DOI: 10.1086/721656
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    1. Anna Bindler & Randi Hjalmarsson & Nadine Ketel & Andreea Mitrut, 2023. "Discontinuities in the Age-Victimisation Profile and the Determinants of Victimisation," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 134(657), pages 95-134.
    2. Aksoy, Cevat Giray & Khanna, Gaurav & Marino, Victoria & Tumen, Semih, 2024. "Hometown Conflict and Refugees' Integration Efforts," IZA Discussion Papers 16862, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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