PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Dominguez, Patricio
AU  - Ruffini, Krista
TI  - Long-Term Gains from Longer School Days
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.59.2.0419-10160R2
DP  - 2023 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 1385--1427
VI  - 58
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/58/4/1385.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/58/4/1385.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2023 Jul 01; 58
AB  - This work examines whether additional time in elementary and secondary school affects economic well-being in adulthood. We leverage cross-municipality and cross-cohort variation in a reform that increased the Chilean school day by 30 percent between 1997 and 2010 and find that full-day schooling increased educational attainment, delayed childbearing, and increased earnings when students reached young adulthood. These findings are consistent with a human capital channel and demonstrate that large-scale investments in public education can yield long-term economic benefits.