PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Claudia L. Persico
AU  - Joanna Venator
TI  - The Effects of Local Industrial Pollution on Students and Schools
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.56.2.0518-9511R2
DP  - 2019 Aug 06
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 0518-9511R2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2019/08/02/jhr.56.2.0518-9511R2.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2019/08/02/jhr.56.2.0518-9511R2.full
AB  - Using detailed education data between 1996-2012 from the state of Florida, we examine whether pollution from local Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) sites affects student achievement and high stakes accountability school rankings. Using event study and difference-in-differences designs, we compare students attending schools within one mile of a TRI site that opens or closes to students attending schools between one and two miles away. We find that being exposed to air pollution is associated with 0.024 of standard deviation lower test scores, increased likelihood of suspension from school, and increased likelihood that a school’s overall high stakes accountability ranking will drop.