Effect of Secondary Education on Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills

Ollikainen Jani-PetteriPekkarinen TuomasUusitalo RoopeVirtanen Hanna

Abstract

We examine the effects of secondary education on cognitive and non-cognitive skills using admission cutoffs to general secondary schools. We measure these skills using the Finnish Defence Forces Basic Skills Test, which, due to compulsory military service, covers the vast majority of Finnish men and serves as a strong predictor of later labor market success. We find that the large differences in the average skills across men that differ in their schooling when entering military service are due to selection rather than causal effects of secondary education on either cognitive or non-cognitive skills.

Economics of Education Review Volume 103, December 2024, 102603.

Julkaisun tietoja

Päiväys
13.12.2024
Keywords
Primary, Non-cognitive skills, Regression discontinuity, Secondary schooling
JEL
J24, I21
Julkaisija / sarja
Economics of Education Review Volume 103, December 2024
Sivuja
13
Kieli
Englanti
Julkaisu ladattavissa
doi.org