TY - JOUR
AU - Kropp,, David
AB - Abstract Under the educational sorting hypothesis a state compulsory school attendance law will increase the educational attainment of high-ability workers who are not directly affected by the law. Under the human capital hypothesis such laws affect only those individuals whose behavior is directly constrained. We find that compulsory attendance laws do increase enrollment rates in age groups they do not affect directly. Thus, our results contradict the human capital hypothesis and are consistent with the sorting hypothesis. * We would like to thank James Albrecht, William Dickens, Henry Farber, Amihai Glazer, Shulamit Kahn, Jerry Hausman, Jonathan Leonard, James MacKinnon, Lawrence Summers, Andrew Weiss, and two anonymous referees for useful comments and suggestions. This content is only available as a PDF. © 1986 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
TI - Human Capital Versus Sorting: The Effects of Compulsory Attendance Laws
JF - The Quarterly Journal of Economics
DO - 10.2307/1885699
DA - 1986-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/human-capital-versus-sorting-the-effects-of-compulsory-attendance-laws-EOUJON2uVJ
SP - 609
VL - 101
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -