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Title: Long-Term Labor Market Effects of Longer School Days: Evidence from Chile

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: This paper examines the long-term labor market effects of extending the school day for elementary and secondary school students. Exploiting cross-city variation covering the introduction of longer school days in Chile over a fourteen year period, we find exposure to more time in school increases educational attainment and earnings when students are in their 20s and 30s. Increases in earnings are especially pronounced for lower-income students, a group most likely to attend a treated school. In addition, we find evidence of delayed childbearing among women, and some evidence of occupational upskilling. These findings suggest that educational reforms may have lasting effects not captured by short-term test score performance.

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Authors: Dominguez, Patricio; Ruffini, Krista

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Data Collections: IPUMS International

Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

Countries: Chile