Returning to school later in life reduces the gender earnings gaps
Returning to education increases labor market prospects: high school dropouts who return to education earlier in life see increased employment compared to dropouts who return to education slightly later in life
Continuing to higher education is key: returning to high school at younger ages enables dropouts to proceed to higher education
Reducing the gender earnings gap: as male education is unchanged after the education reforms examined, later life education improves the labor market conditions of women relative to men
Joint decisions of fertility and employment are important: increases in education lead to decreases in fertility
Further details of our paper "A Second Chance? Labor Market Returns to Adult Education Using School Reforms" are seen in the coverage of our research at IZA newsroom.
Laid off workers turn to crime and unemployment benefits matter
Layoffs cause crime: job loss that occurs during mass-layoffs pushes laid off workers to turn to crime
Unemployment benefits impact the decision to turn to crime: reductions in benefit eligibility lead to a resurgence in crime among laid off workers whose benefits suddenly lapse due to the introduction of active labor market policies in the benefit system
Further details of our paper "Job Displacement, Unemployment, and Crime: Evidence from Danish Microdata and Reforms" are seen in the coverage of our research at VoxEU.