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Shocking news and cognitive performance

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  • Poutvaara, Panu
  • Ropponen, Olli

Abstract

We study how shocking news affects cognitive performance. Identifying these effects makes societies more resilient by helping to adjust policy responses to reduce indirect costs of future atrocities. Our analysis is based on a school shooting that coincided with national matriculation exams, allowing a difference-in-differences analysis. We find a substantial negative effect on males: their average performance dropped by seven percent. The average performance of females was unaffected. Our findings suggest that a shocking event may call for psychological support for young people even in communities that are not directly affected.

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  • Poutvaara, Panu & Ropponen, Olli, 2018. "Shocking news and cognitive performance," Munich Reprints in Economics 62828, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:lmu:muenar:62828
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    1. Pedro Paulo Orraca-Romano, 2018. "Crime Exposure and Educational Outcomes in Mexico. (Violencia y desempeño académico en México)," Ensayos Revista de Economia, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Economia, vol. 0(2), pages 177-212, October.
    2. Ubaldi, Michele & Picchio, Matteo, 2024. "In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time: The Impact of Mass Shooting Exposure on Mental Health," IZA Discussion Papers 17388, IZA Network @ LISER.
    3. Seth Gershenson & Erdal Tekin, 2018. "The Effect of Community Traumatic Events on Student Achievement: Evidence from the Beltway Sniper Attacks," Education Finance and Policy, MIT Press, vol. 13(4), pages 513-544, Fall.
    4. Steinhardt, Max F., 2018. "The Impact of Xenophobic Violence on the Integration of Immigrants," IZA Discussion Papers 11781, IZA Network @ LISER.
    5. Abel Brodeur & Hasin Yousaf, 2025. "On the Economic Consequences of Mass Shootings," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 107(1), pages 109-124, January.

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    JEL classification:

    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
    • H42 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Publicly Provided Private Goods
    • I19 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Other
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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