Arbeitspapier

A second chance? Labor market returns to adult education using school reforms

Roughly one third of a cohort drop out of high school across OECD countries, and developing effective tools to address prime-aged high school dropouts is a key policy question. We leverage high quality Norwegian register data, and for identification we exploit reforms enabling access to high school for adults above the age of 25. The paper finds that considerable increases in high school completion and beyond among women lead to higher earnings, increased employment, and decreased fertility. As male education remains unchanged by the reforms, later life education reduces the pre-existing gender earnings gap by a considerable fraction.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IFS Working Paper ; No. W20/28

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Returns to Education
Education: Government Policy
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Thema
Adult Education
Returns to Education
Fertility
Gender inequality

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bennett, Patrick
Blundell, Richard W.
Salvanes, Kjell G.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
(wo)
London
(wann)
2020

DOI
doi:10.1920/wp.ifs.2020.2820
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bennett, Patrick
  • Blundell, Richard W.
  • Salvanes, Kjell G.
  • Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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