The Value of a High School GPA

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19035147
AutoresFanny Landaud (0000-0003-2939-3701, CNRS and CREST, autor correspondente), Éric Maurin (0000-0002-8721-3943, Paris School of Economics, autor correspondente), Barton Willage (0000-0003-0032-0648, University of Colorado - Denver and NBER, autor correspondente), Alexander Willén (0000-0002-2064-2380, Norwegian School of Economics, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume108
Fascículo3
Páginas833-841
Data de publicação2024-02-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Review of Economics and Statistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0034-6535 • E-ISSN: 1530-9142
EditoraThe MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1162/rest_a_01422
OpenAlexW4392730709
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas33

This paper provides novel evidence on the causal effect of high school Grade Point Average (GPA) on the human capital development and labor market trajectory of individuals. Causal identification is achieved by exploiting a unique feature of the Norwegian education system that produces exogenous variation in GPA among high school students. We find little effect on the number of completed years of higher education, but significant effects on the number and quality of higher education programs available to students after high school. Most importantly, we find persistent effects on students’ long-run labor market outcomes, most notably market wage

Business · Economics · Statistics · Value (mathematics) · Education Systems and Policy · Mathematics