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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2011
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5524
Verlag: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
The 1973 Raising of the School Leaving Age in England and Wales has been used to identify returns to years' schooling. However, the reform affected the proportion with qualifications, as well as schooling length. To shed light on whether the returns reflect extra schooling or qualifications, we exploit another institutional rule - the Easter Leaving Rule - to obtain unbiased estimates of the effect of qualifications. We find sizeable returns to academic qualifications - increasing the probability of employment by 40 percentage points. This is more than 70% of the estimated return based on RoSLA, suggesting that qualifications drive most - but not all - of the returns to education.
Schlagwörter: 
returns to education
RoSLA
qualifications
JEL: 
I21
I28
J24
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