Title of article
Compulsory Schooling Legislation and School Attendance in Turn-of-the Century America: A ‘natural experiment’ approach
Author/Authors
Margo، نويسنده , , Robert A.; Finegan، نويسنده , , T. Aldrich Finegan، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1996
Pages
8
From page
103
To page
110
Abstract
This paper exploits a ‘natural experiment’ in the 1900 Census to measure the impact of compulsory schooling laws on school attendance. In states that combined schooling-leaving with child labor laws, compulsion significantly raised attendance at age 14.
Keywords
Compulsory schooling , Natural experiment
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
1996
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
434202
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