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Testing the validity of the compulsory schooling law instrument

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  • Bolzern, Benjamin
  • Huber, Martin

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Based on Huber and Mellace (2015) and Kitagawa (2015), we test the validity of compulsory schooling laws as instrument for endogenous schooling choices in the SHARE data. We do not refute the instrument, but acknowledge that its validity might be violated even if testable implications hold.

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  • Bolzern, Benjamin & Huber, Martin, 2017. "Testing the validity of the compulsory schooling law instrument," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 159(C), pages 23-27.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:159:y:2017:i:c:p:23-27
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.07.004
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    Keywords

    Instrumental variable; Schooling laws; Schooling reforms; Treatment effects; LATE; Tests;
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    JEL classification:

    • C26 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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