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Agustina Laurito

University of Illinois Chicago
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Exposure to local violent crime and childhood obesity and fitness: Evidence from New York City public school students

A Laurito, AE Schwartz, B Elbel - Health & place, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper estimates the relationship between neighborhood violent crime and child and
adolescent weight and fitness. It uses detailed data from the Fitnessgram assessments of …

The new services that opioid treatment programs have adopted in response to COVID-19

J Cantor, A Laurito - Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has exacerbated the opioid epidemic and transformed how programs treat opioid
use disorder. In response to the pandemic, the federal government modified guidelines to …

School climate and the impact of neighborhood crime on test scores

A Laurito, J Lacoe, AE Schwartz, P Sharkey… - RSF: The Russell Sage …, 2019 - rsfjournal.org
Does school climate ameliorate or exacerbate the impact of neighborhood violent crime on
test scores? Using administrative data from the New York City Department of Education and …

The academic effects of chronic exposure to neighbourhood violence

AE Schwartz, A Laurito, J Lacoe, P Sharkey… - Urban …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper estimates the causal effect of repeated exposure to violent crime on test scores
in New York City. We use two empirical strategies; value-added models linking student …

Does school lunch fill the “SNAP Gap” at the end of the month?

A Laurito, AE Schwartz - Southern Economic Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This article investigates the relationship between the timing of Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit payments and participation in school lunch and breakfast …

Community violence and early childhood language development: The moderating role of maternal efficacy and satisfaction

A Abufhele, A Laurito - Child development, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper estimates the acute effect of community‐level homicides on early childhood
language development and explores the moderating role of maternal efficacy and satisfaction in …

An empirical analysis of the link between built environment and safety in Chicago's transit station areas

A Zandiatashbar, A Laurito - Journal of the American Planning …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Problem, research strategy, and findings Considering that safety is a key environmental factor
that promotes health, understanding the relationship between built environment features …

The academic effects of chronic exposure to neighborhood violence

AE Schwartz, A Laurito, J Lacoe, P Sharkey, IG Ellen - 2016 - surface.syr.edu
We estimate the causal effect of repeated exposure to violent crime on test scores in New
York City. We use two distinct empirical strategies; value-added models linking student …

The effects of charter schools on neighborhood and school segregation: Evidence from New York City

SA Cordes, A Laurito - Journal of Urban Affairs, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper estimates the effect of charter schools on the diversity of nearby traditional public
schools (TPSs) and neighborhoods in New York City. We employ a difference-in-differences …

[PDF][PDF] THE EFFECT OF GENDER QUOTAS ON WOMEN'S POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT: CROSS NATIONAL COMPARISON AND CASE STUDY

A Laurito, K Goss - 2011 - Citeseer
Conclusion The analysis in this paper does provide conclusive results about the effect of
gender quotas on women‟ s political engagement. Given the limitations of this study in terms of …