The Impacts of Fare-Free Bus Programs on Educational Outcomes of K–12 Students

IF 1.6 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Human Capital Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI:10.1086/721376

E. Munoz, Hector H. Sandoval

引用次数: 1

Abstract

With the increasing difficulty in providing student transportation, school districts have increased their collaboration with public transit providers to offer access to public transportation through free or reduced-fare programs. One such program was implemented in Florida, allowing any K–12 student in Leon County to ride the bus for free at any time to any destination. This paper applies the synthetic control method to estimate the impact of this program on school attendance and chronic absenteeism. Surprisingly, our results show negative impacts on both attendance and absenteeism outcomes, highlighting the potential unintended consequences of programs with no restriction on student ridership.

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免费公交项目对中小学学生学习成果的影响

随着为学生提供交通工具的难度越来越大，学区加强了与公共交通供应商的合作，通过免费或减价计划提供公共交通工具。佛罗里达州实施了一个这样的计划，允许利昂县的任何K-12学生在任何时间免费乘坐公共汽车前往任何目的地。本文采用综合控制方法评估该计划对学校出勤率和长期缺勤率的影响。令人惊讶的是，我们的研究结果显示出勤率和缺勤率都有负面影响，强调了不限制学生人数的项目可能带来的意想不到的后果。

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Journal of Human Capital ECONOMICS-

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期刊介绍： Journal of Human Capital is dedicated to human capital and its expanding economic and social roles in the knowledge economy. Developed in response to the central role human capital plays in determining the production, allocation, and distribution of economic resources and in supporting long-term economic growth, JHC is a forum for theoretical and empirical work on human capital—broadly defined to include education, health, entrepreneurship, and intellectual and social capital—and related public policy analyses. JHC encompasses microeconomic, macroeconomic, and international economic perspectives on the theme of human capital. The journal offers a platform for discussion of topics ranging from education, labor, health, and family economics.