Testing the validity of the compulsory schooling law instrument

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2017
Volume: 159
Issue: C
Pages: 23-27

Authors (2)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

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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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:159:y:2017:i:c:p:23-27
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-02-02