The British Conservative Government and the raising of the school leaving age, 1959–1964

McCulloch, Gary; Cowan, Steven B.; Woodin, Tom

doi:10.1080/02680939.2011.652193

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“…444) was passed in March 1972, activating the clause of the Education Act 1944 which provided for the raising of the school leaving age to 16 when it was deemed possible to do so. 11 More of the historical context can be found in McCulloch et al (2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

Early, Late or Never? When Does Parental Education Impact Child Outcomes?

Dickson

Gregg

Robinson

2016

The Economic Journal

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We estimate the causal effect of parents’ education on their children’s education and examine the timing of the impact. We identify the causal effect by exploiting the exogenous shift in (parents’) education levels induced by the 1972 minimum school leaving age reform in England. Increasing parental education has a positive causal effect on children’s outcomes that is evident in preschool assessments at age 4 and continues to be visible up to and including high-stakes examinations taken at age 16. Children of parents affected by the reform attain results around 0.1 standard deviations higher than those whose parents were not impacted.

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confidence: 99%

Early, Late or Never? When Does Parental Education Impact Child Outcomes?

Dickson

Gregg

Robinson

2016

The Economic Journal

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“…Government discussions at the time of the reform raised concerns at the impact of the immediate withdrawal of 400,000 15-year olds from the labor force as a result of the reform. School leavers at this time were strongly attached to the labor market 26. Researchers have previously used this policy change to investigate the effects of forcing students to stay in school longer using administrative data and longitudinal cohort studies 2,4,27,28.…”

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The causal effects of education on health outcomes in the UK Biobank

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“…This article attracted the attention of the government, since its cabinet secretary forwarded it to the prime minister to highlight the statement as one point of view. Eventually it was agreed to proceed (McCulloch et al 2012). After a further delay caused by economic difficulties facing the next government, the school-leaving age was finally raised to 16 from 1972-1973 (see Woodin et al 2013 for a detailed discussion of these developments).…”

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confidence: 99%