NATION-BUILDING THROUGH COMPULSORY SCHOOLING DURING THE AGE OF MASS MIGRATION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bandiera, Oriana; Mohnen, Myra; Rasul, Imran; Viarengo, Martina
• 署名单位: University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of Essex; University of London; University College London
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12624
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 62-109
• 关键词: UNITED-STATES; economic outcomes; self-selection; education; EVOLUTION; AMERICA; origins; transmission; institutions; immigration

摘要

Why 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 pre-compulsion.