Temperature and school absences
Evidence from England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11387583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Risto Conte Keivabu (0000-0002-0623-1841, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0199-0039 • E-ISSN: 1573-7810 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11111-024-00448-5 |
| OpenAlex | W4392199171 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 71 |
Extreme temperature affects children’s health, cognitive abilities, and behavior with implications for human capital accumulation. For example, several studies documented both heat and cold to decrease cognitive abilities and being consequential for test scores. An alternative, less explored pathway, by which temperature is consequential for educational achievement, is absenteeism. In this study, we explore how heat affects school attendance leveraging administrative data on more than 22,000 schools in England from the school years 2011/2012 to 2018/2019. Using a fixed-effects approach largely used in the literature, we exploit the variations in temperature by school year to estimate the effect of heat and cold days on absences. The results expose hot days to increase absences. Inquiring specific types of absences, we observe hot days to increase illness-related absences and authorized holidays. Conversely, we do not find any substantive impact of cold exposure, except for illness-related absences in energy-poor neighborhoods. In conclusion, we provide additional evidence on the impact of temperature on children and propose an alternative pathway through which societal challenges associated with climate change and energy poverty could affect human capital accumulation
Environmental health · Geography · Political science · Public health · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Global Health Care Issues · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Nursing
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 2.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |