Vive la revolution! Long-term educational returns of 1968 to the angry students

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra
• 署名单位: University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/522071
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 1-33
• 关键词: intergenerational transmission; earnings; college

摘要

The famous events of May 1968, starting with student riots, threw France into a state of turmoil. As a result, normal examination procedures were abandoned, and the pass rate for various qualifications increased enormously. The lowering of thresholds at critical stages of the education system enabled a proportion of students to pursue more years of higher education than would otherwise have been possible. For those on the margin of passing their examinations, additional years of higher education increased future wages and occupational levels. Interestingly, the effect is also transmitted across generations and is reflected in the educational performance of children.