Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/200281 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Papers No. W17/21
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
Instructional time is seen as an important determinant of school performance, but little is known about the effects of student absence. Combining historical records and administrative data for Swedish individuals born in the 1930s, we examine the impacts of absence in elementary school on short-term academic performance and long-term socio-economic outcomes. Our siblings and individual fixed effects estimates suggest absence has a moderate adverse effect on academic performance. The detrimental effect fades out over time. While absence negatively correlates with fi nal education, income and longevity, we only find robust evidence that it lowers the probability of employment at age 25-30.
Subjects: 
Absence in school
educational performance
long-term effects
register data
JEL: 
C23
I14
I21
I26
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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