Dalhousie University, Department of Economics, 6214 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University International Business School, No.8 Chongwen Road, Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, China.
J Health Econ. 2023 Jan;87:102698. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102698. Epub 2022 Nov 2.
This study finds that experiencing early childhood health shocks before primary school exerts negative externalities in the middle school classroom. Students randomly assigned to classrooms in which more classmates experienced early childhood health shocks are more likely to have worse social-emotional outcomes, including emotional distress, less engagement with school activities, and poor social acclimation with classmates. These effects operate by damaging inter-student relationships, and are unlikely to operate by affecting teachers' behaviors or preferences. Parents may mitigate negative peer effects by encouraging children to talk about their concerns or interactions at school. The effects on test scores are not statistically significant.
这项研究发现，小学前经历儿童期健康冲击会对中学课堂产生负面的外部性。随机分配到有更多同学经历儿童期健康冲击的班级的学生，更有可能出现社会情感方面的不良后果，包括情绪困扰、较少参与学校活动以及与同学关系不佳。这些影响是通过破坏学生之间的关系产生的，不太可能通过影响教师的行为或偏好产生。家长可以通过鼓励孩子谈论他们在学校的担忧或互动来减轻同伴的负面影响。对考试成绩的影响没有统计学意义。
