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Publication Date: 2024
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Do Small High Schools Affect Rates of Risky Health Behaviors and Poor Mental Health among Low-Income Teenagers? Evidence from New York City
Kai Hong; Syeda Sana Fatima; Amy Ellen Schwartz; Leanna Stiefel; Sherry Glied
Education Economics, v32 n4 p474-493 2024
We evaluate the impacts of small high schools on youth risky behaviors and mental health in New York City, using a two-sample-instrumental-variable approach to address endogenous school enrollment. We find heterogeneous effects. School size, overall, has little effect. Among "students" most likely to attend small schools opened "after" an educational-achievement-oriented reform, however, diagnoses of violence-associated injuries and mental health disorders increased. Among students most likely to attend traditional small schools opened "prior" to the reform, pregnancy rates and diagnoses of mental health disorders declined. School focus is more important than school size as a determinant of student well-being outcomes.
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Risk, Mental Health, Small Schools, Incidence, Violence, Pregnancy, High School Students, Low Income Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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