The Economic Return to Primary Schooling in Victorian England
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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 and the effect of that decision on the individuals adult labor market outcome to be analyzed. A structural model of rational school choice indicates that parents were responsive to the anticipated future economic effect of the schooling on their children. For individuals from all socioeconomic backgrounds who received primary schooling, the benefits were substantial.
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The Socioeconomic Return to Primary Schooling in Victorian England
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