Replication Package for Crises and Educational Attainment

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Pawel Janas, Caltech

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Janas, Pawel. Replication Package for Crises and Educational Attainment. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-08-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E237108V1

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Summary:  View help for Summary This is the replication package for Crises and Educational Attainment by Pawel Janas (JEH, 2026). It include the replication data and replication code for the figures and tables in the manuscript.

Between 1910 and 1940, U.S. high school graduation rates rose five-fold, driving twentieth century economic growth. I explore how the Great Depression’s surge in youth unemployment influenced this trend, emphasizing gender and socioeconomic disparities. Using linked census data and newly digitized city-level unemployment rates, I find youth unemployment significantly increased high school and post-secondary completion among higher-income boys, while effects on girls and lower-income youths were negligible. These results underscore the role of household resources in leveraging educational opportunities, as financial constraints limited disadvantaged groups from benefiting from reduced opportunity costs.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Great Depression; Educational Attainment; High School Movement
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage U.S.
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1924 – 1942
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) census/enumeration data


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