TY  - JOUR
AU  - Grogger,Jeff
TI  - Local Violence, Educational Attainment, and Teacher Pay
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 6003
PY  - 1997
Y2  - April 1997
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w6003
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w6003.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Jeffrey Grogger
Irving B. Harris Professor of Urban Policy
Harris School of Public Policy
University of Chicago
1155 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL   60637
Tel: 773/542-3533
Fax: 773/702-0926
E-Mail: jgrogger@uchicago.edu
AB  - Violence in and around schools has drawn increasing attention lately from both the public and policy makers.  Despite the importance of the problem, however, research on this topic has been limited.  In this paper I analyze how local violence affects high school graduation, college attendance, and teacher pay.  Using data from the High School and Beyond survey, I find that local violence has important effects.  Moderate levels of violence reduce the likelihood of high school graduation by 5.1 percentage points on average, and lower the likelihood that a student will attend college by 6.9 percentage points.  They also raise teacher salaries by 2.4 percent.
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