The effect of urban violence on student achievement in Medellín, Colombia

This paper examines the impact of urban violence on the standardized test scores of public school students in Medellin. I use the school-level variation in exposure to local homicides for years 2004-2013 in a model that includes school and year fixed effects, allowing me to control for the endogenei...

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Haugan, Gregory L.
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2016
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Universidad de los Andes
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Violencia y educación - Investigaciones
Deserción escolar - Investigaciones - Medellín (Colombia) - 2004-2013
Mediciones y pruebas educativas - Investigaciones - Medellín (Colombia) - 2004-2013
Economía
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title The effect of urban violence on student achievement in Medellín, Colombia
spellingShingle The effect of urban violence on student achievement in Medellín, Colombia
Violencia y educación - Investigaciones
Deserción escolar - Investigaciones - Medellín (Colombia) - 2004-2013
Mediciones y pruebas educativas - Investigaciones - Medellín (Colombia) - 2004-2013
Economía
title_short The effect of urban violence on student achievement in Medellín, Colombia
title_full The effect of urban violence on student achievement in Medellín, Colombia
title_fullStr The effect of urban violence on student achievement in Medellín, Colombia
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title_sort The effect of urban violence on student achievement in Medellín, Colombia
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Haugan, Gregory L.
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dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Haugan, Gregory L.
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Ospina Londoño, Mónica Patricia
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Deserción escolar - Investigaciones - Medellín (Colombia) - 2004-2013
Mediciones y pruebas educativas - Investigaciones - Medellín (Colombia) - 2004-2013
topic Violencia y educación - Investigaciones
Deserción escolar - Investigaciones - Medellín (Colombia) - 2004-2013
Mediciones y pruebas educativas - Investigaciones - Medellín (Colombia) - 2004-2013
Economía
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