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Do Small High Schools Affect Rates of Risky Health Behaviors and Poor Mental Health among Low-Income Teenagers? Evidence from New York City
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Kai Hong; Syeda Sana Fatima; Amy Ellen Schwartz; Leanna Stiefel; Sherry Glied – Education Economics, 2024
We evaluate the impacts of small high schools on youth risky behaviors and mental health in New York City, using a two-sample-instrumental-variable approach to address endogenous school enrollment. We find heterogeneous effects. School size, overall, has little effect. Among "students" most likely to attend small schools opened…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Risk, Mental Health, Small Schools
Does High School Size Affect Rates of Risky Health Behaviors and Poor Mental Health among Low-Income Teenagers? Evidence from New York City. EdWorkingPaper No. 22-650
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Kai Hong; Syeda Sana Fatima; Sherry Glied; Leanna Stiefel; Amy Ellen Schwartz – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
There is increasing concern about risky behaviors and poor mental health among school-aged youth. A critical factor in youth well-being is school attendance. This study evaluates how school organization and structure affect health outcomes by examining the impacts of a popular urban high school reform -- "small schools" -- on youth risky…
Descriptors: School Size, High School Students, Health Behavior, Low Income Students