Laws, educational outcomes, and returns to schooling evidence from the first wave of U.S. state compulsory attendance laws

Instrumental Variables Regression with Weak Instruments

Douglas O. Staiger, James H. Stock · Econometrica · 1997 · 7.3K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Development Economics +12

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

The causal effect of education on earnings

David Card · Handbook of labour economics · 1999 · 2.2K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Education Policy +10

Priceless: The Nonpecuniary Benefits of Schooling

Philip Oreopoulos, Kjell G. Salvanes · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2011 · 956 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Behavioral Economics +12

Estimating Average and Local Average Treatment Effects of Education when Compulsory Schooling Laws Really Matter

Philip Oreopoulos · American Economic Review · 2006 · 812 citations · Full text

Public Health, Education Policy, Secondary Education +17