The Short- and Long-Run Impact of Secondary Student Absences

The talk presented research on how secondary-school student absences affect achievement in both the short and long run. Jing Liu, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University, presented “The Short- and Long-Run Impact of Secondary Student Absences” at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University on October 15, 2019. The talk was part of Annenberg’s Education Policy Workshop Series, an hour-long “works in progress” seminar centered on empirical research related to education and education policy. Speakers come from a variety of disciplinary traditions, and the series welcomes faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and research staff from across the university who are interested in empirical research in education.