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Educational Reform, Ability, and Family Background

Costas Meghir, Marten Palme

American Economic Review, 2005. DOI 10.1257/0002828053828671

Has this study been replicated?

The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 mixed. The earliest on record is from 2021.

Replications

• Revisiting Sweden's comprehensive school reform: Effects on education and earnings, Fischer et al. (2021). Journal of Applied Econometrics. Outcome recorded: mixed. Our results confirm the original overall finding of small average earnings effects. However, we find considerably larger increases in educational attainment and no evidence of decreased labor earnings for students with high‐educated fathers. Outcome read from the abstract. View paper

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Meghir, C., & Palme, M. (2005). Educational Reform, Ability, and Family Background. American Economic Review, 95(1), 414–424. https://doi.org/10.1257/0002828053828671

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