Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5060467 Economics Letters 2012 5 Pages PDF
Abstract
► We examine the return to education in the later part of the lifecycle. ► We use newly released UK household data. ► There is evidence that the 1972 education reform had a permanent effect on earnings 40 years later. ► There is a suggestion that the earnings effect may increase over the lifecycle. ► Implications for estimation of returns to education and for compulsory schooling policy.
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The raising of the school leaving age: Returns in later life
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