Do a Few Months of Compulsory Schooling Matter? The Education and Labour Market Impact of School Leaving Rules
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- I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
- C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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- NEP-LAB-2004-08-09 (Labour Economics)
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