The Detrimental Effects of Missing School: Evidence from Urban Siblings

Autor/in	Gottfried, Michael A.
Titel	The Detrimental Effects of Missing School: Evidence from Urban Siblings
Quelle	In: American Journal of Education, 117 (2011) 2, S.147-182 (36 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0195-6744
DOI	10.1086/657886
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; Siblings; Standardized Tests; Academic Achievement; Family Environment; Attendance Patterns; Family Influence; Longitudinal Studies; Statistical Significance; Correlation; Elementary School Students; Racial Differences; Gender Differences; At Risk Students; Socioeconomic Status; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Sibling; Geschwister; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Schulleistung; Familienmilieu; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Korrelation; Rassenunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	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. (Contains 7 notes and 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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