Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62573 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6718
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Bullying is a widespread social phenomenon. We show that both children who are being bullied and children who bully suffer in terms of long-term outcomes. We rely on rich survey and register-based data for children born in a region of Denmark during 1990-1992, which allows us to carefully consider possible confounders. Evidence from a number of identification strategies suggests that the relationship is causal. Besides the direct effect bullying may have on the child in the longer run, we show that an additional mechanism can arise through teacher perceptions of short-run abilities and behavior.
Subjects: 
victimization
perpetrator
crime
education
health
mental health
JEL: 
L14
I21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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