TY  - GEN
AB  - Why did America introduce compulsory schooling laws at a time when financial investments in education and voluntary school attendance were high? We provide qualitative and quantitative evidence that states adopted compulsory schooling laws as a nation-building tool to instil civic values to the culturally diverse migrants during the 'Age of Mass Migration' between 1850 and 1914. We show the adoption of compulsory schooling laws occurred significantly earlier in states that hosted European migrants with lower exposure to civic values in their home countries. Using cross-county data, we show that these migrants had significantly lower demand for American schooling precompulsion.
AU  - Bandiera, Oriana
AU  - Mohnen, Myra
AU  - Rasul, Imran
AU  - Viarengo, Martina
CN  - P 3/23
DA  - 2019
DO  - 10.1111/ecoj.12624
DO  - doi
ID  - 296667
L1  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/296667/files/ecoj12624.pdf
L2  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/296667/files/ecoj12624.pdf
L4  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/296667/files/ecoj12624.pdf
LK  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/296667/files/ecoj12624.pdf
N2  - Why did America introduce compulsory schooling laws at a time when financial investments in education and voluntary school attendance were high? We provide qualitative and quantitative evidence that states adopted compulsory schooling laws as a nation-building tool to instil civic values to the culturally diverse migrants during the 'Age of Mass Migration' between 1850 and 1914. We show the adoption of compulsory schooling laws occurred significantly earlier in states that hosted European migrants with lower exposure to civic values in their home countries. Using cross-county data, we show that these migrants had significantly lower demand for American schooling precompulsion.
PY  - 2019
T1  - Nation-building through compulsory schooling during the age of mass migration
TI  - Nation-building through compulsory schooling during the age of mass migration
UR  - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/296667/files/ecoj12624.pdf
Y1  - 2019
ER  -