The Impact of Repealing Sunday Closing Laws on Educational Attainment
利用美国各州废除周日歇业法的时间差异，研究发现该法律废除导致青少年可获得的娱乐活动增加，进而显著降低了他们的受教育年限和高中毕业概率，并探讨了就业增加和风险行为作为潜在机制。
Adolescents face daily tradeoffs between human capital investment, labor, and leisure. This paper exploits state variation in the repeal of Sunday closing laws to examine the impact of a distinct and plausibly exogenous rise in the quantity of competing diversions available to youth on their educational attainment. The results suggest that the repeals led to a significant decline in both years of education and the probability of high school completion. I explore increased employment and risky behaviors as potential mechanisms. Further, I find a corresponding decline of the repeals on adult wages.