000296667 001__ 296667 000296667 005__ 20250213113322.0 000296667 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1111/ecoj.12624 000296667 037__ $$aARTICLE 000296667 090__ $$aP 3/23 000296667 245__ $$aNation-building through compulsory schooling during the age of mass migration 000296667 269__ $$a2019 000296667 336__ $$aJournal Articles 000296667 520__ $$aWhy 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. 000296667 580__ $$aIn: The Economic Journal. - Volume 129(2019), Issue 617, pages 62–109 000296667 700__ $$aBandiera, Oriana 000296667 700__ $$aMohnen, Myra 000296667 700__ $$aRasul, Imran 000296667 700__ $$aViarengo, Martina 000296667 8564_ $$995bbf557-5d46-4f26-8ad0-05051c3aa9c2$$s1184618$$uhttps://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/296667/files/ecoj12624.pdf 000296667 901__ $$uInternational Economics Department$$0319285 000296667 901__ $$uGlobal Migration Centre 000296667 901__ $$uCentre for Finance and Development 000296667 909CO $$ooai:repository.graduateinstitute.ch:296667$$pGLOBAL_SET$$pIHEID:Explore