Heterogeneity across Families in the Impact of Compulsory Schooling Laws
通过人力资本模型指出，识别父母教育信息有助于更准确定位义务教育改革的受惠群体。利用法国提高离校年龄的改革数据，发现该改革对收入有显著正向影响，而此前研究显示效果为零。
This paper aims to reconcile diverging results in the literature on the effects of compulsory schooling reforms on earnings. I point out, through a simple model of human capital accumulation, the importance of identifying parental education information to better target the set of potential compliers. Using parental background data, the empirical analysis uncovers the large and positive effects of a French school leaving age reform previously shown to have produced zero and statistically insignificant effects on the earnings of impacted cohorts. The analysis suggests that identifying parental background information is likely a crucial effort in analysing contemporary compulsory schooling policies.