Philip Oreopoulos|Marianne Page|Ann Huff Stevens
The Intergenerational Effects of Compulsory Schooling
University of Toronto|University of California, Davis|University of California, Davis
article attempts improve understanding causal processes contribute intergenerational immobility exploiting historical changes compulsory schooling laws affected educational attainment parents without affecting innate abilities endowments examine influence parental compulsory schooling childrens gradeforage using 1960 1970 1980 us censuses estimates indicate 1year increase education either parent reduces probability child repeats grade 2 4 percentage points