Is Extending Compulsory Schooling Alone Enough to Raise Earnings? Evidence from French and British Compulsory Schooling Laws

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Compulsory Education and the Benefits of Schooling (2014, unknown): “Pischke and von Wachter (2008) find zero returns to schooling in Germany following a post-World War II schooling expansion and Grenet (2013) finds no returns to schooling following a 1967 education reform in France.”
The effect of education on poverty: A European perspective (2021, background): “…that indicate zero returns to additional compulsory schooling, such as Pischke and von Wachter (2008) and Kamhöfer and Schmitz (2016) for Germany, although Cygan-Rehm (2018) casts doubt on their results, as well as Grenet (2013) for France and Oosterbeek and Webbink (2007) for the Netherlands.”