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Long-Term Gains from Longer School Days

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  • Dominguez, Patricio
  • Ruffini, Krista

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This paper examines whether additional time in school affects labor market outcomes and educational attainment in adulthood. We leverage within and across city and cohort variation covering a large-scale reform that increased the Chilean elementary and secondary school day by 30 percent between 1997 and 2010. Exposure to full-day school increases educational attainment and earnings when students are in their 20s and 30s. In addition, we find evidence of delayed childbearing among women, and some occupational upskilling. These labor market effects are not concentrated in any particular subgroup, but are widespread throughout the population. JEL classification: I26; I25; J24; H52

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  • Dominguez, Patricio & Ruffini, Krista, 2018. "Long-Term Gains from Longer School Days," Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series qt15t9s52x, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley.
  • Handle: RePEc:cdl:indrel:qt15t9s52x
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    1. Ilyana Kuziemko & Jessica Pan & Jenny Shen & Ebonya Washington, 2018. "The Mommy Effect: Do Women Anticipate the Employment Effects of Motherhood?," NBER Working Papers 24740, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    2. Kamila Cygan-Rehm, 2022. "Lifetime Consequences of Lost Instructional Time in the Classroom: Evidence from Shortened School Years," CESifo Working Paper Series 9892, CESifo.
    3. Bovini, Giulia & Cattadori, Niccolò & De Philippis, Marta & Sestito, Paolo, 2023. "The Short and Medium Term Effects of Full-Day Schooling on Learning and Maternal Labor Supply," IZA Discussion Papers 16378, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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    Education; Social and Behavioral Sciences;

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    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education

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