TY - JOUR T1 - The Impact of Repealing Sunday Closing Laws on Educational Attainment JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 286 LP - 310 DO - 10.3368/jhr.48.2.286 VL - 48 IS - 2 AU - Dara N. Lee Y1 - 2013/03/31 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/48/2/286.abstract N2 - Adolescents face daily tradeoffs between human capital investment, labor, and leisure. This paper exploits state variation in the repeal of Sunday closing laws to examine the impact of a distinct and plausibly exogenous rise in the quantity of competing diversions available to youth on their educational attainment. The results suggest that the repeals led to a significant decline in both years of education and the probability of high school completion. I explore increased employment and risky behaviors as potential mechanisms. Further, I find a corresponding decline of the repeals on adult wages. ER -