Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/279121 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16423
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine the impact of local labor market shocks and state unemployment insurance (UI) policies on student discipline in U.S. public schools. Analyzing school-level discipline data and firm-level layoffs in 23 states, we find that layoffs have little effect on discipline rates overall. However, effects differ across the UI benefit distribution. At the lowest benefit level ($265/week), a mass layoff increases out-of-school suspensions by 4.5%, with effects dissipating as UI benefits increase. Effects are consistently largest for Black students - especially in predominantly White schools - resulting in increased racial disproportionality in school discipline following layoffs in low-UI states.
Subjects: 
school discipline
layoffs
unemployment insurance
JEL: 
I24
J63
J65
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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