Going Places: Effects of Early U.S. Compulsory Schooling Laws on Internal Migration.
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SUBMITTER: Rauscher E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8871595 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
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Going Places: Effects of Early U.S. Compulsory Schooling Laws on Internal Migration.
Rauscher Emily E Oh Byeongdon B
Population research and policy review 20200402 2
Both the industrialization thesis and institutional theories of education hypothesize that early educational expansion increased internal migration. We take advantage of state variation in early U.S. compulsory schooling laws and use a regression discontinuity approach to test this hypothesis in 1860-1950 Census data. Results indicate that those required to attend school were more likely to leave their state of birth than others. Effects were stronger among men in states with low occupational st ...[more]
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