students compelled to stay on in education as a result of this compulsory school leaving rule attain higher qualification … levels and see their participation and employment probability as adults enhanced. We show that the estimated genuine impact … of attaining an academic qualification on participation and employment is always statistically significant, in particular …

By investigating how locally available early childhood education and care quality relates to maternal employment … employment status and work hours changes, respectively. In East Germany, mothers with a child aged under three years who lived in … negative association of child-teacher-ratios with maternal employment was marginally significant. For mothers with older …

operate through employment, education, and income. …

where non-cognitive skills that increase human capital through education also increase labor market skills, our findings …

education. Accounting for non-employment risk leads to substantial changes in returns while wage risk has little impact. The … employment when calculating returns to education leads to biased estimates. … to employment has large effects for females. The results suggest that failure to account for risk and selection in to …