TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Local Violence, Educational Attainment, and Teacher Pay
JO  - NBER working papers series
A1  - Grogger, Jeff
SP  - w6003
EP  - w6003
VL  - 1997
IS  - online
N2  - Violence in and around schools has drawn increasing attention lately from both the public and policy makers.  Despite the importance of the problem, however, research on this topic has been limited.  In this paper I analyze how local violence affects high school graduation, college attendance, and teacher pay.  Using data from the High School and Beyond survey, I find that local violence has important effects.  Moderate levels of violence reduce the likelihood of high school graduation by 5.1 percentage points on average, and lower the likelihood that a student will attend college by 6.9 percentage points.  They also raise teacher salaries by 2.4 percent.<p /> 
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SN  - 0898-2937
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -