CAN SCHOOL SPORTS REDUCE RACIAL GAPS IN TRUANCY AND ACHIEVEMENT?
While existing research supports that participation in high-school athletics is associated with better education and labor-market outcomes, the mechanisms through which these benefits accrue are not well established. Using individual microdata collected daily, and team-specific schedules, we retriev...
| Published in: | Economic Inquiry Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 1966 - 1986 |
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