@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp8234,
            	author={Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso and Timko, Troy},
            	title={Does Participation in 4-H Improve Schooling Outcomes? Evidence from Florida},
            	year={2014},
	month={Jun},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={8234},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8234},
	abstract={We examine the effect of participation in 4-H, the largest youth development program in the United States, on standardized test scores. We do this by utilizing grade-level longitudinal data on Florida's school districts from the Florida Department of Education combined with 4-H participation statistics from Florida 4-H. Specifically, we analyze the effect of the extent of 4-H participation for third through tenth grade on the mathematics and reading subtests of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). We use a difference-in-difference-in-differences (DDD) approach to control for potential confounders of the causal relationship at the level of school districts, grades, and years. Our results indicate that the extent of 4-H participation at the district-grade-year level is positively and significantly related to several measures of performance on the FCAT test.},
	keywords={Florida;standardized test scores;4-H program},
            }