In the nineties Argentina implemented a large education reform (Ley Federal de Educación - LFE) that mainly implied the extension of compulsory education in two additional years. The timing in the implementation substantially varied across provinces, providing a source of identification for unraveling the causal effect of the reform. The estimations from difference-in-difference models suggest that the LFE had a positive impact on years of education and the probability of high school graduation. The impact on labor market outcomes—employment, hours of work and wages—was positive for the non-poor youths, but almost null for the poor.
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