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Identification of causal education effects using a discontinuity in school entry tests: First results from a pilot study
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.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Discussion Papers ; No. 11-03
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Wirtschaft
Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
Analysis of Education
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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returns to education
causality
endogeneity
regression discontinuity
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Schulauswahl
Schweiz
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Boes, Stefan
Hangartner, Dominik
Schmid, Lukas
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Bern, Department of Economics
- (where)
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Bern
- (when)
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2011
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Boes, Stefan
- Hangartner, Dominik
- Schmid, Lukas
- University of Bern, Department of Economics
Time of origin
- 2011
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