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Title: Do legal school leaving rules still affect schooling and earnings?

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.06.013

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Abstract: This paper quantifies whether compulsory schooling laws are still effective in the 21st century and if so, to what extent the school compulsion continues to influence individuals’ educational achievement and labor market earnings. Using American Community Survey, I find that compulsory schooling laws were effective for the white men and women born in the 1930s and 1940s in the U.S.; however, they no longer produce the same seasonality effects on the educational attainment of the white cohorts who completed their educational attainment in the 2000s. I also find that the school compulsion was not binding for the older African American cohorts; however, they were effective in keeping the younger African American men at school longer.

Url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X16303271

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Authors: Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude

Periodical (Full): Social Science Research

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Volume: 61

Pages: 195-205

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Other, Race and Ethnicity

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