Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76762 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers No. 11-03
Publisher: 
University of Bern, Department of Economics, Bern
Abstract: 
We use a credible regression discontinuity design to estimate causal education effects. Pupils in the Swiss education system had to pass a centrally organized exam that classified them into different levels of secondary school, and that ultimately determined their educational degree. A major feature of this exam was the local randomization around the classification threshold due to the impossibility of strategic sorting. Our preliminary results suggest large and significant effects on earnings, political interest, and attitudes toward immigrants. The extension to a wider set of data is part of ongoing research.
Subjects: 
returns to education
causality
endogeneity
regression discontinuity
JEL: 
D72
I21
J15
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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