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SUBMITTER: Brinch CN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3258640 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brinch Christian N CN Galloway Taryn Ann TA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20111227 2
Although some scholars maintain that education has little effect on intelligence quotient (IQ) scores, others claim that IQ scores are indeed malleable, primarily through intervention in early childhood. The causal effect of education on IQ at later ages is often difficult to uncover because analyses based on observational data are plagued by problems of reverse causation and self-selection into further education. We exploit a reform that increased compulsory schooling from 7 to 9 y in Norway in ...[more]