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David Figlio
The Impact of Cellphone Bans in Schools on Student Outcomes: Evidence from Florida
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Absenteeism, School climate and culture, Student discipline, Student engagement, Student well-beingCellphone bans in schools have become a popular policy in recent years in the United States, yet very little is known about their effects on student outcomes. In this study, we try to fill this gap by examining the causal effects of bans on student test scores, suspensions, and absences using… more →
Competitive Effects of Charter Schools
Topics: School ChoiceTags: Charter schoolsUsing a rich dataset that merges student-level school records with birth records, and leveraging three alternative identification strategies, we explore how increase in access to charter schools in twelve districts in Florida affects students remaining in traditional public schools (TPS). We… more →
Sibling Spillovers May Enhance the Efficacy of Targeted School Policies
Topics: Student LearningTags:Public policies often target individuals but within-family externalities of such interventions are understudied. Using a regression discontinuity design, we document how a third grade retention policy affects both the target children and their younger siblings. The policy improves test scores of… more →
Diversity in Schools: Immigrants and the Educational Performance of U.S. Born Students
Topics: Student LearningWe study the effect of exposure to immigrants on the educational outcomes of US-born students, using a unique dataset combining population-level birth and school records from Florida. This research question is complicated by substantial school selection of US-born students, especially among… more →