COMPULSORY SCHOOLING LEGISLATION AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IN TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AMERICA - A NATURAL EXPERIMENT APPROACH

Authors
MARGO RA FINEGAN TA
Citation
Ra. Margo et Ta. Finegan, COMPULSORY SCHOOLING LEGISLATION AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IN TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AMERICA - A NATURAL EXPERIMENT APPROACH, Economics letters, 53(1), 1996, pp. 103-110
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Economics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651765
Volume
53
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
103 - 110
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(1996)53:1<103:CSLASA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
This paper exploits a 'natural experiment' in the 1900 Census to measu re the impact of compulsory schooling laws on school attendance. In st ates that combined schooling-leaving with child labor laws, compulsion significantly raised attendance at age 14.