TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Gazze, Ludovica
AU  - Persico, Claudia L.
AU  - Spirovska, Sandra
        TI  - The Spillover Effects of Pollution: How Exposure to Lead Affects Everyone in the Classroom
        PY  - 2020/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 13133
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13133
        AB  - Evidence shows that lead-exposed children are more disruptive and have lower achievement. However, we know less about how lead-exposed children affect the learning environment of their classroom peers. We estimate these spillover effects using new data on children's blood lead levels (BLLs) matched to all education data in North Carolina. We compare siblings who attend the same school, but whose school-grade cohorts differ in the proportion of children with elevated BLLs. We find that having more lead-exposed peers is associated with lower test scores and graduation rates, increased suspensions and dropping out of school, and a decrease in college intentions.
        KW  - health
KW  - education
KW  - pollution
KW  - peers
        ER  -