Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246024 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2020:15
Publisher: 
Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), Uppsala
Abstract: 
This paper demonstrates how a natural experiment in education can be used to estimate causal effects. The Swedish compulsory school reform extended basic education gradually across cohorts and municipalities, allowing for a difference-in-differences analysis. The paper summarizes the literature using this reform and shows that it provided individuals from low socio-economic backgrounds with better opportunities in life. Not only did they attain higher levels of education - they also earned higher earnings, were less likely to participate in crime, and more likely to run for office.
Subjects: 
education reform
natural experiment
JEL: 
I24
I26
I28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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