empirical strategy to estimate the intention-to-treat effect of this paid exemption on the education and labor market outcomes … reduction in education when we implement the same exercises with (i) data on females and (ii) placebo reform dates. The … interpretation is that the reform has reduced the incentives to continue education for the purpose of deferring military service. We …

education, which lowers future wages, and the present value of foregone wages decreases with age. Consumption is hump shaped …

the determinants of the least squares bias of the wage return to education. We find that disregarding individual fixed …

empirical strategy to estimate the intention-to-treat effect of this paid exemption on education and labor market outcomes of … reduction in education when we implement the same exercises with (i) data on females and (ii) placebo reform dates. The … interpretation is that the reform has reduced the incentives to continue education for the purpose of deferring military service. We …

This paper uses national survey data to estimate up-to-date private rates of return to education in Burkina Faso … results indicate that rates of return rise by level of education, and the public sector does not compensate female primary … education. The findings suggest that current education polices which focus on increasing primary schooling supply be …

fathers have low levels of education - indicating important human capital effects for underprivileged boys. Consistent with …

This paper studies the impact of exam luck on individuals’ education and labor market success. We leverage unique … features of the Norwegian education system that produce random variation in the content of the exams taken by students at the … those generated by well-known education inputs, such as parental education and teacher quality. …