A second chance? Labor market returns to adult education using school reforms

Patrick Bennett, Richard Blundell () and Kjell G Salvanes

No W20/28, IFS Working Papers from Institute for Fiscal Studies

Abstract: Roughly one third of a cohort drop out of high school across OECD countries, and developing e?ective tools to address prime-aged high school dropouts is a key policy question. We leverage high quality Norwegian register data, and for identi?cation we exploit reforms enabling access to high school for adults above the age of 25. The paper ?nds that considerable increases in high school completion and beyond among women lead to higher earnings, increased employment, and decreased fertility. As male education remains unchanged by the reforms, later life education reduces the pre-existing gender earnings gap by a considerable fraction.

Date: 2020-08-25
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