AER: Insights · 2022 · Andrew Bacher-Hicks、Joshua Goodman、Jennifer Greif Green、Melissa K. Holt
中文摘要
每年有五分之一的美国高中生报告遭受欺凌。在新冠疫情打乱面授教学期间，我们利用互联网搜索数据实时追踪欺凌模式。我们首先表明，疫情前的互联网搜索包含有关实际欺凌行为的有用信息。随后，我们表明，随着学校在2020年春季转向远程学习，校园欺凌和网络欺凌相关搜索量下降了30%—35%。自2020年秋季起逐步恢复面授教学，使欺凌相关搜索量有所回升，部分恢复至疫情前水平。这一罕见的积极效应，或许能部分解释近期关于疫情对学生心理健康与福祉影响的证据为何结论不一。（JEL H75, I12, I21, I28, I31）
Abstract
One-fifth of US high school students report being bullied each year. We use internet search data for real-time tracking of bullying patterns as COVID-19 disrupted in-person schooling. We first show that pre-pandemic internet searches contain useful information about actual bullying behavior. We then show that searches for school bullying and cyberbullying dropped 30–35 percent as schools shifted to remote learning in spring 2020. The gradual return to in-person instruction starting in fall 2020 partially returned bullying searches to pre-pandemic levels. This rare positive effect may partly explain recent mixed evidence on the pandemic’s impact on students’ mental health and well-being. (JEL H75, I12, I21, I28, I31)