Earning or Learning? How Extending Closing Time in the Retail Sector Affects Youth Employment and Education
利用挪威各市镇零售店营业时间限制放松带来的准实验需求变化，发现该政策增加了低技能青年就业，但永久降低了受影响高中生的教育成就，提示短期就业激励可能损害长期教育。
Abstract This paper estimates the causal impact of increased demand for low‐skilled workers on youth employment, and short and long run education. We exploit quasi‐experimental demand shifts for retail workers due to changes in allowed opening hours for retail stores across Norwegian municipalities. We find that relaxed restrictions on opening hours increased employment in the sector and permanently reduced educational attainment for affected high school students. The results suggest that policies or shocks that increase demand for low‐skilled workers in the short term might have negative long‐run effects in terms of reduced educational attainment.