The Detrimental Effects of Missing School
Evidence from Urban Siblings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11366233 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael A Gottfried (0000-0002-4396-0576, RAND Corporation, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 117 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 147-182 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6744 • E-ISSN: 1549-6511 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/657886 |
| OpenAlex | W2000623980 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 55 |
| References cited | 44 |
There is evidence suggesting that missing school negatively relates to academic achievement. However, it is a difficult task to derive unbiased empirical estimates of absences in their influence on performance. One particular challenge arises from the unobserved heterogeneity in the family environment, which may relate to both absence behavior and school performance. This article provides the first analysis aimed at reducing the family-specific omitted variable bias pertaining to measures of absences in their influence on standardized testing achievement. It does so by employing a model of family fixed effects on a longitudinal sample of siblings within the same household in a large urban school district over six years of observations. The results indicate a stronger, statistically significant negative relationship between absences and achievement than what would have been suggested otherwise. Implications are discussed
Academic achievement · Achievement test · Developmental psychology · Econometrics · Economics · Fixed effects model · Mathematics education · Omitted-variable bias · Panel data · Sample (material · Standardized test · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
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| Unique citing works | 55 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 53 |