@article{74ef97b08ff94c0e9010ab418dde1f5c,
title = "School segregation and racial gaps in special education identification",
abstract = "We use linked birth and education records from Florida to investigate how the identification of childhood disabilities varies by race and school racial composition. Using a series of decompositions, we find that black and Hispanic students are identified with disabilities at lower rates than are observationally similar white students. Black and Hispanic students are overidentified in schools with relatively small shares of minorities and substantially underidentified in schools with large minority shares. Our results are consistent with a heightened awareness among school officials of disabilities in students who are racially and ethnically distinct from the majority race in the school.",
author = "Elder, {Todd E.} and Figlio, {David N.} and Imberman, {Scott A.} and Persico, {Claudia L.}",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to the Florida Department of Health and the Florida Department of Education for providing us access to merged education and health data for the purposes of this project and for the technical support in interpreting the key variables described herein. The opinions expressed herein do not represent the views of the Florida Departments of Education or Health. Initial financial support for data construction from the Gates Foundation and the US Department of Education is greatly appreciated. We thank seminar participants at Cornell University, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.",
year = "2021",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1086/711421",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "39",
pages = "S151--S197",
journal = "Journal of Labor Economics",
issn = "0734-306X",
publisher = "University of Chicago",
number = "S1",
}