Meyer, Tobias; Thomsen, Stephan - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014
An important education reform in Germany reduced the duration of university preparatory schooling from 13 to 12 years, but left the curriculum unchanged. In the state of Saxony-Anhalt the reform was completed in 2007 with a double cohort of graduates, providing a natural experiment. We use...