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Long-lasting effects of socialist education

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posted on 2023-06-09, 00:40 authored by Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Paolo Masella
Political regimes influence the content of education and criteria used to select and evaluate students.We study the impact of a socialist education on the likelihood of obtaining a college degree and on several labor market outcomes by exploiting the reorganization of the school system in East Germany after reunification. Our identification strategy uses cutoff birth dates for school enrollment that lead to variation in the length of exposure to the socialist education system within the same birth cohort. An additional year of socialist education decreases the probability of obtaining a college degree and affects longer-term labor market outcomes for men.

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  • Published

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Journal

Review of Economics and Statistics

ISSN

0034-6535

Publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press

Issue

3

Volume

98

Page range

428-441

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  • Economics Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-04-01

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-03-23

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-04-01

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