Compulsory Attendance

Compulsory Attendance is a legal requirement in education law that obligates school-age children to attend school for a specified duration, distinguishing it from voluntary or optional educational participation by mandating physical presence as a condition of fulfilling the state's educational obligations.

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13.9K

Citations

315

Authors

147

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2017–2026

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Education Law

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Publications

176

Does Compulsory School Attendance Affect Schooling and Earnings?

Joshua D. Angrist, Alan B. Krueger · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1991 · 2.6K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Education Policy +14

How Large Are Human-Capital Externalities? Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws

Daron Acemoğlu, Joshua D. Angrist · NBER Macroeconomics Annual · 2000 · 746 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Economics, Education Policy +13

Do dropouts drop out too soon? Wealth, health and happiness from compulsory schooling

Philip Oreopoulos · Journal of Public Economics · 2007 · 585 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Adolescent Health +6

The Effect of Age at School Entry on Educational Attainment: An Application of Instrumental Variables with Moments from Two Samples

Joshua D. Angrist, Alan B. Krueger · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1992 · 469 citations

Social Sciences, Biostatistics, Causal Inference +16

Educational choices and the selection process: before and after compulsory schooling

Sauro Mocetti · Education Economics · 2010 · 311 citations

Public Affairs, Education Policy, Secondary Education +15

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Authors

315

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Joshua D. Angrist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
7 publications · 4.6K citations
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Ken Reid
Swansea University, United Kingdom
4 publications · 270 citations
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Daron Acemoğlu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
4 publications · 1.4K citations
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John G. Richardson
North Carolina State University, United States
4 publications · 105 citations
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Michael Weitzman
New York University, United States
3 publications · 120 citations
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147

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Journal of Public Economics
4 publications · 815 citations
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Economics of Education Review
4 publications · 120 citations
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SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 3 publications · 183 citations
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British Journal of Educational Studies
3 publications · 80 citations
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NBER Macroeconomics Annual
3 publications · 1.3K citations
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