Long-lasting effects of indoctrination in school: evidence from the People's Republic of Poland

Joan Costa-Font, Jorge Garcia Hombrados and Anna Nicińska

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Abstract: This paper studies the effect of communist indoctrination in school on labour force participation and human capital investments. Specifically, we evaluate the impact of a reform in Poland that revoked political indoctrination in school in the mid-1950s, while leaving the rest of the curriculum unchanged. To overcome endogeneity concerns, we exploit cut-off birth dates for school enrolment that exhibit variation in the level of exposure to the reform. We find that a reduction in school indoctrination increased the probability of finishing secondary and tertiary education, and expanded labour force participation about 50 years down the line.

Keywords: education systems; communist education; education reforms; school curriculum; later life outcomes; human capital attainment; labour market participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2024-01-01
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Published in European Economic Review, 1, January, 2024, 161. ISSN: 0014-2921

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