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Title: The Heterogeneous Impacts of Business Cycles on Educational Attainment
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1. Boffy-Ramirez, Ernest
The Heterogeneous Impacts of Business Cycles on Educational Attainment
Education Economics 25,6 (2017): 554-561.
Also: http://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09645292.2017.1336511
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Keyword(s): Business Cycles; Educational Attainment; Unemployment Rate

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This study examines the impact of fluctuations in the unemployment rate before high school graduation on educational attainment measured 30 years later. I find evidence that important heterogeneity is masked by estimating average effects across the ability distribution. Using data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this analysis identifies individuals who are on the boundary between pursuing and not pursuing additional education. Exposure to a higher unemployment rate at age 17 is associated with higher educational attainment for men in the 60-80th quintile of the ability distribution. There is no evidence of an effect beyond this quintile.
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Boffy-Ramirez, Ernest. "The Heterogeneous Impacts of Business Cycles on Educational Attainment." Education Economics 25,6 (2017): 554-561.