Summary
The vocational training track was reformed twice in the past two decades in Hungary. The length and intensity of general education within this track was first increased and later decreased, accompanied by changes in compulsory education age. These policy changes provide a unique opportunity to assess the effects of general education on basic competencies measured by test scores, labour market outcomes and equality of opportunity. We use data from administrative datasets (student level standardized test scores and background data) as well as from the census using a regression discontinuity design to estimate the effects of the reforms in education on educational attainment, the match between education and the labour market and (initial) earnings after leaving education.
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