The Socioeconomic Return to Primary Schooling in Victorian England
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The Economic Return to Primary Schooling in Victorian England
Using longitudinal data on individual males linked between the English censuses of 1851 and 1881, this study examines the effect of childhood primary school attendance on adult socioeconomic status. Primary schooling was not compulsory, nor was it state provided. Primary education was a choice made by parents for their children. The panel nature of the data allows both the schooling decision an...
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