RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Bullying in Elementary School
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 839
OP 871
DO 10.3368/jhr.49.4.839
VO 49
IS 4
A1 Eriksen, Tine Louise Mundbjerg
A1 Nielsen, Helena Skyt
A1 Simonsen, Marianne
YR 2014
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/49/4/839.abstract
AB Bullying is a widespread social phenomenon that is thought to have detrimental effects on life outcomes. This paper investigates the link between bullying and later school performance. We rely on rich survey and register-based data for children born in a region of Denmark during 1990–92, which allows us to carefully consider possible confounders including psychological factors. We implement an IV strategy inspired by Carrell and Hoekstra (2010) where we instrument victim status with the proportion of peers from troubled homes in one’s classroom. We show that bullied children suffer in terms of GPA and effects tend to increase with severity.