TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
AU  - New, Sonja C. de
AU  - Le, Trinh
AU  - McVicar, Duncan
AU  - Zhang, Rong
        TI  - Is There an Educational Penalty for Being Suspended from School?
        PY  - 2013/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7794
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7794
        AB  - Suspension from school is a commonly-used, yet controversial, school disciplinary measure. This paper uses unique survey data to estimate the impact of suspension on the educational outcomes of those suspended. It finds that while suspension is strongly associated with educational outcomes, the relationship is unlikely to be causal, but rather stems from differences in the characteristics of those suspended compared to those not suspended. Moreover, there is no evidence that suspension is associated with larger educational penalties for young people from disadvantaged family backgrounds compared to those from more advantaged family backgrounds. These results hold regardless of whether self-reported suspension or mother-reported suspension is considered. The absence of a negative causal impact of suspension on educational outcomes suggests that suspension may continue to play a role in school discipline without harming the educational prospects of those sanctioned.
        KW  - educational attainment
KW  - school suspension
KW  - school discipline
KW  - educational achievement
KW  - causal effect
        ER  -