TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Police shootings, civic unrest and student achievement: evidence from Ferguson
JO  - Journal of economic geography
A1  - Gershenson, Seth
A1  - Hayes, Michael S.
SP  - 663
EP  - 685
VL  - 18
IS  - 3
N2  - We document externalities of the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager and the resultant civic unrest experienced in Ferguson, MO. Difference-in-differences estimates compare Ferguson-area schools to neighboring schools in the greater St. Louis area and find that the unrest led to statistically significant, arguably causal declines in elementary school students' math and reading achievement. Attendance is one mechanism through which this effect operated, as chronic absence increased by 5% in Ferguson-area schools. Impacts were concentrated in the bottom of the achievement distribution and spilled over into majority black schools throughout the greater St. Louis area.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1468-2702
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbx014
ID  - ref1
ER  -