Year: 2022
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Despite the fact that human capital accumulation is a key facilitator of economic growth and climate change is projected to increase temperatures, there has been little research into the contemporaneous effect of heat on educational achievement. Thus, I investigate how high temperatures affect high-stakes exam performance in a developing context, employing climate reanalysis data and test scores from Tanzania’s National Primary School Leaving Exam. Through the use of fixed effects models and the exploitation of quasi-random variations in outdoor temperatures during exams, I find that higher temperatures exert a negative impact on student performance.
Author: Osendorf, Ashlyn Nicole
Language: English
Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6980585567