Canadian Compulsory School Laws and Their Impact on Educational Attainment and Future Earnings

Philip Oreopoulos

Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch

Abstract:

Compulsory school laws have existed in Canada for more than a hundred years, and policies to mandate further education continue to be discussed. This paper examines the impact of these laws on education attainment and on subsequent social economic outcomes for individuals compelled to stay in school. The findings indicate that mandating education substantially increased adult income and substantially decreased the likelihood of being below the low income cut-off, unemployed, and in a manual occupation. Considering possible costs incurred while attending school, these findings suggest compulsory schooling legislation was effective in generating large lifetime gains to would-be-dropouts.

Keywords: Education; training and learning; Educational attainment; Labour; Outcomes of education; Wages; salaries and other earnings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-05-19
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