Search Results - subject_exact:"School attendance"

Youth crime and delinquency in and out of school

Boshoff, Janine; Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2025

This paper combines ten years of idiosyncratic variation in school closure dates for all secondary schools in England with administrative records of educational and criminal trajectories linked at the individual level to study the impact of the school schedule on the dynamics of youth crime....

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Youth crime and delinquency in and out of school

Boshoff, Janine; Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2025

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Youth crime and delinquency in and out of school

Boshoff, Janine; Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2025

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Oil palm production and educational outcomes : gender-differentiated evidence from Cameroon

Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul <Jr.>; Molua, Ernest L. - 2024

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The returns to education in Arkansas : evidence from the 1987 compulsory education law

Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Rivera-Olvera, Angelica - 2026

This paper estimates the returns to education in Arkansas-one of the last states to extend compulsory schooling-using ACS 2023 data and the 1987 Compulsory Schooling Law (CSL) reform as an instrument. OLS estimates imply returns of 9.5-10.4 percent per year of schooling. The CSL reform increased...

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The returns to education in Arkansas : evidence from the 1987 Compulsory Education Law

Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Rivera-Olvera, Angelica - 2026

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School starting age and the gender pay gap over the life cycle

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Westphal, Matthias - 2026

This paper replicates and extends the evidence on the lifetime effects of school starting age on earnings by Fredriksson and Öckert (2014) for Sweden. Using German data for individuals born between 1945 and 1965, we examine a more rigid system of ability tracking in secondary education, a...

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School starting age and the gender pay gap over the life cycle

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Westphal, Matthias - 2025

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School starting age and the gender pay gap over the life cycle

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Westphal, Matthias - 2024

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School starting age and the gender pay gap over the life cycle

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Westphal, Matthias - 2026

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School starting age and the gender pay gap over the life cycle

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Westphal, Matthias - 2025

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School starting age and the gender pay gap over the life cycle

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Westphal, Matthias - 2024

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Parental migration and unconditional cash transfers for education : evidence from the smart Indonesia program

Destefanis, Alessia; Rahut, Dil Bahadur - 2026

This paper examines how parental migration interacts with unconditional cash transfers (UCTs) for education by analyzing Indonesia's Smart Indonesia Program (PIP), which provides educational grants to children from poor households. Using a difference-in-differences approach and nationally...

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Paying disadvantaged teenagers to stay in school

Britton, Jack; Ridpath, Nick; Villa, Carmen; Waltmann, Ben - 2026

We evaluate the Education Maintenance Allowance, a large conditional cash transfer scheme that paid low-income teenagers in England to remain in education beyond age 16. Using the staggered national roll-out of the programme and linked administrative data tracking education, earnings, welfare...

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The effect of water hauling time on children's school enrollment in Haiti

Ribeiro, Beatriz Couto; Castillo Castillo, Adriana; … - 2026

Limited access to safe and proximate water remains a defining constraint in Haiti, where access to piped water remains limited and school enrollment is not universal. Using a pseudo-panel constructed from four rounds of the Haiti Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), we estimate the causal...

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Compulsory education, life trajectories, and intergenerational mobility : evidence from Mexico's 1993 schooling reform

Fuente Stevens, Diego de la - 2026

Mexico's 1993 reform extended compulsory schooling from six to nine years, creating a birth-cohort discontinuity in educational exposure. Using a regression discontinuity and instrumental variable design in the 2020 Mexican Census, this paper traces the reform's effects from educational...

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High Schools and the Uneven Rise in American Opportunity

Doxey, Alison; Karger, Ezra; Nencka, Peter - 2026

Between 1850 and 1910, the share of young Americans living in towns with high schools increased from 17% to 46%--the fastest expansion of school access in U.S. history. Using new data on every high school in the United States, we show that this expansion transformed economic opportunities for...

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Schools as safety nets : break-downs and recovery in reporting of violence against children

Clarke, Damian; Larroulet, Pilar; Pailañir, Daniel; … - 2023

Schools are a key channel in formal reporting of violence against children, but this channel broke down with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We study how widespread such reporting declines are, and to what extent they were recovered once re-openings begin. Examining the universe of all...

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Beyond nature and nurture : the impact of China’s compulsory schooling law on selection against high-risk fetuses

Huang, Wei; Lei, Xiaoyan; Shen, Guangjun; Sun, Ang - 2026

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The national-integration effect of compulsory education : evidence from Chinese minorities

Hu, Zhi-An; Luo, Wei - 2026

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The effects of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on children's nutrition and education

Dodlova, Marina; Escobar Carias, Michelle; Grimm, Michael - 2023

We assess the impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on children’s nutrition and education. We combine geo-coded shaking intensity data with four waves of the Haiti Demographic Health Survey, two administered before and two after the earthquake. We find lasting negative impacts of the earthquake...

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The effects of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on children's nutrition and education

Dodlova, Marina; Escobar Carias, Michelle; Grimm, Michael - 2023

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Building Opportunity : The Intergenerational Effects of Chilean School Construction

Lucas, Adrienne M.; McEwan, Patrick J. - 2026

In 1965-1966, Chile built and staffed thousands of new primary classrooms in supply-constrained communities. Using a quasi-experimental design and large census samples, we show that childhood exposure to school construction substantially improved the schooling and labor market outcomes of adults...

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Youth Crime and Delinquency In and Out of School

Boshoff, Janine; Machin, Steve; Sandi, Matteo - 2025

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Youth crime and delinquency in and out of school

Boshoff, Janine; Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2025

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Skill Formation, Child Labor, and the Schooling Consequences of the World War I Agricultural Boom

Jaworski, Taylor; Kitchens, Carl T.; Rodgers, Luke P. - 2026

We examine how the World War I agricultural commodity price boom affected human capital accumulation during the early decades of the high school movement in the United States. First, based on newly collected county-level enrollment data, we show that enrollment and average daily attendance fell...

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Does anti-discrimination legislation matter in low-income countries? The impact of disability legislation on the educational attainment of children with disability

Odhiambo, Frank; Günther, Isabel; Harttgen, Kenneth - 2025

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The heterogeneous treatment effects of compulsory education age reforms : a causal forest approach

Nelissen, Hannelore; De Witte, Kristof - 2026

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Beispiel England zeigt: Jeder Fehltag in der Schule geht mit schlechteren Abschlussnoten einher

Dräger, Jascha; Klein, Markus; Sosu, Edward - 2025

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The effect of compulsory education on non-cognitive skills : evidence from low- and middle-income countries

Entorf, Antonia K.; Dohmen, Thomas - 2025

Personality traits, preferences, and attitudes significantly influence labor market outcomes, and these non-cognitive skills are shaped by the social environment. While curriculum interventions can impact these skills, the effect of compulsory education on non-cognitive skills is less well...

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The effect of compulsory education on non-cognitive skills : evidence from low- and middle-income countries

Entorf, Antonia K.; Dohmen, Thomas - 2025

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Air Pollution and Early Childhood Outcomes : Evidence from Georgia Childcare Providers

Ghafarianghadim, Mahta; Heutel, Garth - 2026

Many effects of pollution exposure on health and education outcomes of children have been identified, but little is known about education effects on preschool-aged children. We estimate the effect of particulate matter air pollution on preschool attendance using restricted administrative data...

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Racial Disparities in Education During and Following the Pandemic : Evidence in Connecticut through 2025

Brunner, Eric J.; Ross, Stephen L.; Wang, Xinrui - 2026

We examine pandemic related racial and ethnic disparities in test scores, absenteeism, and disciplinary incidents for K-12 students in the State of Connecticut through the 2024-25 school year. Notably, most existing pandemic studies only cover absenteeism through 2022-23, and minimal...

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The impact of school absence on lifetime earnings : research report

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Youth crime and delinquency in and out of school

Boshoff, Janine; Machin, Stephen; Sandi, Matteo - 2025

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Youth Crime and Delinquency In and Out of School

Boshoff, Janine; Machin, Steve; Sandi, Matteo - 2025

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Prospering through prospera: a dynamic model of CCT impacts on educational attainment and achievement in Mexico

Behrman, Jere R.; Parker, Susan; Todd, Petra; Zhang, Weilong - 2025

This paper develops and estimates a dynamic model, which integrates value‐added and school‐choice models, to evaluate grade‐by‐grade and cumulative impacts of the Mexican Prospera conditional cash transfer (CCT) program on educational achievement. The empirical application advances the...

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The effect of compulsory schooling on vaccination against COVID

Monsees, Daniel; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2025

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Cognitive endurance as human capital

Brown, Christina L.; Kaur, Supreet; Kingdon, Geeta Gandhi; … - 2025

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Cognitive Endurance as Human Capital

Brown, Christina L.; Kaur, Supreet; Kingdon, Geeta Gandhi; … - 2022

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Cognitive Endurance as Human Capital

Brown, Christina L.; Kaur, Supreet; Kingdon, Geeta Gandhi; … - 2022

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Scaling education to marginalized populations : long-run impacts of technology-aided schools

Fabregas, Raissa; Navarro-Sola, Laia - 2025

Millions of children worldwide remain out of school due to the high costs of reaching them and a shortage of qualified teachers. Can ICT-based instruction help close this gap and deliver the long-term benefits of traditional schooling? This paper provides causal evidence on the long-term...

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The causal effect of 2012 compulsory education law on NEET in Türkiye : a regression discontinuity design

Bahçeci, Cansu; Birecikli, Senay Üçdogruk; Özdamar … - 2025

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Beispiel England zeigt : jeder Fehltag in der Schule geht mit schlechteren Abschlussnoten einher

Dräger, Jascha; Klein, Markus; Sosu, Edward - 2025

In den meisten deutschen Bundesländern ist aufgrund fehlender Daten unklar, ob und ab wann Fehltage in der Schule ein ernstzunehmendes Problem mit Blick auf die Leistungen von Schüler*innen sind. In England hingegen sind genauere Analysen möglich - Fehltage von Schüler*innen werden dort als...

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Child labor bans, employment, and school attendance : evidence from changes in the minimum working age

Kozhaya, Mireille; Martínez Flores, Fernanda - 2025

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Child labor bans, employment, and school attendance : evidence from changes in the minimum working age

Kozhaya, Mireille; Martínez Flores, Fernanda - 2022

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Child labor bans, employment, and school attendance : evidence from changes in the minimum working age

Kozhaya, Mireille; Martínez Flores, Fernanda - 2022

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Child Labor Bans, Employment, and School Attendance : Evidence from Changes in the Minimum Working Age

Kozhaya, Mireille; Martínez Flores, Fernanda - 2022

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Does anti-discrimination legislation matter in low-income countries? : the impact of disability legislation on the educational attainment of children with disability

Odhiambo, Frank; Günther, Isabel; Harttgen, Kenneth - 2025

In many parts of the world, children with disabilities continue to face exclusion from education. This educational disparity is particularly pronounced in African countries, where disability legislation is often absent. In our sample, disability emerges as the strongest predictor of low...

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Relative school starting age and educational inequality

Sontheim, Valentina - 2025

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Wholesome lunch to the whole classroom : short- and longer-term effects on early teenagers' weight

Maruyama, Shiko; Nakamura, Sayaka - 2025

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Wholesome lunch to the whole classroom : Short- and longer-term effects on early teenagers' weight

Maruyama, Shiko; Nakamura, Sayaka - 2021

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Compulsory schooling in the 21st century : short-term effects of Finland's 2020 act on compulsory education

Junttila, Juho - 2025

This study examines the short-term effects of Finland’s 2021 reform, which extended compulsory schooling to age 18. Using detailed administrative data, I analyze changes in educational outcomes and early labor market outcomes following the reform. The reform is associated with a 20% reduction...

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Parental love is not blind : identifying selection into early school start

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Campaniello, Nadia; Monzón, Ignacio - 2025

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Parental love is not blind : identifying selection into early school start

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Campaniello, Nadia; Monzón, Ignacio - 2023

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The persistent effects of compulsory education in Baroda, 1901-2011

Kumar, Hemanshu; Meeta Kumar; Somanathan, Rohini - 2025

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Should states allow early school enrollment? : an analysis of individuals' long-term labor market effects

Görlitz, Katja; Heß, Pascal; Tamm, Marcus - 2025

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Should states allow early school enrollment? : an analysis of individuals' long-term labor market effects

Görlitz, Katja; Heß, Pascal; Tamm, Marcus - 2024

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Should states allow early school enrollment? : an analysis of individuals' long-term labor market effects

Görlitz, Katja; Heß, Pascal; Tamm, Marcus - 2024

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The effects of parental education on male mortality : evidence from the first wave of compulsory schooling laws

Noghanibehambari, Hamid; Amin, Vikesh; Fletcher, Jason - 2025

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Intergenerational effects of education on child mortality : evidence from the compulsory primary schooling law in Vietnam

Le Duc Dung; Nguyen, Minh; Ibuka, Yōko - 2025

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School indiscipline and crime

Beatton, Tony; Kidd, Michael P.; Sandi, Matteo - 2022

This paper studies the impact of compulsory schooling on in-school violence using individual-level administrative data matching education and criminal records from Queensland. Exploiting a dropout age reform in 2006, it defines a series of regression-discontinuity specifications. While police...

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