%0 Conference Paper %1 cyganrehm2022lifetime %A Cygan-Rehm, Kamila %B cesifo Area Conferences 2022: Economics of Education %C Munich %D 2022 %K 2022 FDZ_GML MZ_input2022 MZ_pro_zt Mikrozensus datfeld english inproceedings rp text tmd transferx zt_proved %P 1-77 %T Lifetime consequences of lost instructional time in the classroom: Evidence from shortened school years %U https://www.cesifo.org/sites/default/files/events/2022/ee22_Cygan-Rehm.pdf %X This study estimates the lifetime effects of lost instructional time in the classroom on labor market performance. For identification, I use historical shifts in the school year schedule in Germany, which substantially shortened the duration of the affected school years with no adjustments in the core curriculum. The lost in-school instruction was mainly compensated for by assigning additional homework. Applying a difference-in-differences design to social security records, I find adverse effects of the policy on earnings and employment over nearly the entire occupational career. Unfavorable impacts on human capital are a plausible mechanism behind the deteriorated labor market outcomes. The earnings losses are driven by men, for whom the policy also elevated income inequality due to larger harm occurring at the bottom of the income distribution.

@inproceedings{cyganrehm2022lifetime, abstract = {This study estimates the lifetime effects of lost instructional time in the classroom on labor market performance. For identification, I use historical shifts in the school year schedule in Germany, which substantially shortened the duration of the affected school years with no adjustments in the core curriculum. The lost in-school instruction was mainly compensated for by assigning additional homework. Applying a difference-in-differences design to social security records, I find adverse effects of the policy on earnings and employment over nearly the entire occupational career. Unfavorable impacts on human capital are a plausible mechanism behind the deteriorated labor market outcomes. The earnings losses are driven by men, for whom the policy also elevated income inequality due to larger harm occurring at the bottom of the income distribution.}, added-at = {2022-10-12T15:00:56.000+0200}, address = {Munich}, author = {Cygan-Rehm, Kamila}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a8bdf6b5856b9cfb2f7bbd25f043cad9/gesis_survey22}, booktitle = {cesifo Area Conferences 2022: Economics of Education}, interhash = {0d31cf5a61cb135a0efaea7153706708}, intrahash = {a8bdf6b5856b9cfb2f7bbd25f043cad9}, keywords = {2022 FDZ_GML MZ_input2022 MZ_pro_zt Mikrozensus datfeld english inproceedings rp text tmd transferx zt_proved}, language = {english}, note = {(Mikrozensus)}, pages = {1-77}, study = {Mikrozensus 2008 ; Mikrozensus 2012 ; Mikrozensus 2016}, timestamp = {2023-01-18T13:41:37.000+0100}, title = {Lifetime consequences of lost instructional time in the classroom: Evidence from shortened school years}, url = {https://www.cesifo.org/sites/default/files/events/2022/ee22_Cygan-Rehm.pdf}, year = 2022 }