Testing Above the Limit: Drinking Water Contamination and Test Scores /
Marcus, Michelle M.
Testing Above the Limit: Drinking Water Contamination and Test Scores / Michelle M. Marcus. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2023. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w31564 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w31564. .
August 2023.
This paper provides the first estimates of the contemporaneous effect of drinking water quality violations on students' academic achievement. Using student-level test score data with residential addresses, geographic information on water systems, and drinking water violations from North Carolina, I estimate the within-student impacts of poor water quality on student test scores. Exposure to a bacteria violation during the school year decreases math scores by about 0.037 standard deviations when the public is uninformed. Results suggest that poor water quality may impact retention or comprehension of material throughout the school year.
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Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health
Education and Inequality
Valuation of Environmental Effects
Air Pollution • Water Pollution • Noise • Hazardous Waste • Solid Waste • Recycling
Testing Above the Limit: Drinking Water Contamination and Test Scores / Michelle M. Marcus. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2023. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w31564 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w31564. .
August 2023.
This paper provides the first estimates of the contemporaneous effect of drinking water quality violations on students' academic achievement. Using student-level test score data with residential addresses, geographic information on water systems, and drinking water violations from North Carolina, I estimate the within-student impacts of poor water quality on student test scores. Exposure to a bacteria violation during the school year decreases math scores by about 0.037 standard deviations when the public is uninformed. Results suggest that poor water quality may impact retention or comprehension of material throughout the school year.
System requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health
Education and Inequality
Valuation of Environmental Effects
Air Pollution • Water Pollution • Noise • Hazardous Waste • Solid Waste • Recycling