| Revista: | Journal of applied economics |
| Base de datos: | CLASE |
| Número de sistema: | 000430341 |
| ISSN: | 1667-6726 |
| Autores: | Alzúa, María Laura1 Gasparini, Leonardo1 Haimovich, Francisco1 |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, La Plata, Buenos Aires. Argentina |
| Año: | 2015 |
| Periodo: | May |
| Volumen: | 18 |
| Número: | 1 |
| Paginación: | 21-43 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Analítico |
| Resumen en inglés | In the nineties Argentina implemented a large education reform (Ley Federal de Educación – LFE) that mainly implied the extension of compulsory education in two additional years. The timing in the implementation substantially varied across provinces, providing a source of identification for unraveling the causal effect of the reform. The estimations from difference-in-difference models suggest that the LFE had a positive impact on years of education and the probability of high school graduation. The impact on labor market outcomes —employment, hours of work and wages— was positive for the non-poor youths, but almost null for the poor |
| Disciplinas: | Economía, Educación, Derecho |
| Palabras clave: | Economía del trabajo, Administración de la educación, Planeación y políticas educativas, Derechos especiales, Ley Federal de Educación, Reforma educativa, Empleo, Mercado laboral, Argentina |
| Texto completo: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
