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Suspended from Work and School? Impacts of Layoff Events and Unemployment Insurance on Student Disciplinary Incidence

 
Riley Acton,
Jo R. King,
Austin Smith
We examine the impact of local labor market shocks and state unemployment insurance (UI) policies on student discipline in U.S. public schools. Analyzing school-level discipline data and firm-level layoffs in 23 states, we find that layoffs have little effect on discipline rates on average. However, effects differ across the UI benefit distribution. At the lowest benefit level ($265/week), a mass layoff increases outof- school suspensions by 5.1%, with effects dissipating as UI benefits increase. Effects are consistently largest for Black students —especially in predominantly White schools —resulting in increased racial disproportionality in school discipline following layoffs in low-UI states.
Keywords
school discipline, layoffs, unemployment insurance
Education level
K-12 Education
Topics
Student Well-Being
Tags
Equity,
Race, ethnicity, and education,
Student discipline
Download 09/2024
Document Object Identifier (DOI)
10.26300/00nd-8395
EdWorkingPaper suggested citation:
Acton, Riley, Jo Al Khafaji-King, and Austin Smith. (). Suspended from Work and School? Impacts of Layoff Events and Unemployment Insurance on Student Disciplinary Incidence. (EdWorkingPaper: -839). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/00nd-8395

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