How Do Crises Affect Schooling Decisions?: Evidence from Changing Labor Market Opportunities and a Policy Experiment

This paper examines the effect of labor market opportunities on schooling and employment decisions in 12 urban areas in Argentina over 12 years, emphasizing the recession/crisis years of 1998-2002. In typical years deteriorating job rates boost the probability of attending school and decrease the probability of combining work and school, particularly for boys; the probability of being in school for secondary school children was about 6% higher in 2002 than in 1998. These estimates reflect a new 1996 Federal Education Law (FEL) that extended mandatory education to 10 years.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors:	Florencia Lopez Boo
Format:	Working Papers biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:	Financial Crisis and Structural Adjustement, Labor Policy, I21 - Analysis of Education, J31 - Wage Level and Structure • Wage Differentials, WP-653,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010901 https://publications.iadb.org/en/how-do-crises-affect-schooling-decisions-evidence-changing-labor-market-opportunities-and-policy
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