Elira Kuka is a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at
the University of California, Davis. Her research interests lie
in public economics and public finance.
More specifically, her previous work has focused on analyzing
different aspects of the earned income tax credit, such as
program noncompliance and program cyclicality. Currently, she is
focused on understanding the benefits of the Unemployment
Insurance program and the optimal level of program generosity.
Domestic violence is a significant problem in the U.S. It leads
to serious medical and emotional costs for victims and their
children, but also has important negative spillovers. Our new
work finds that exposure to a higher proportion of peers
experiencing domestic violence during primary school leads to
lower academic achievement in the long-run, even after moving to
schools with a mixed peer composition.
