TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Costa-Font, Joan
AU  - Garcia-Hombrados, Jorge
AU  - Nicinska, Anna
        TI  - Long-Lasting Effects of Communist Indoctrination in School: Evidence from Poland
        PY  - 2020/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 13944
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp13944
        AB  - Education can serve skill formation and socialisation goals both of which are conducive to desirable economic outcomes. However, the political manipulation of the school curricula can give rise to indoctrination effects with counterproductive welfare consequences on its pupils. This paper studies the effects of communist indoctrination on human capital accumulation and labour market outcomes in Poland. We document that the reduction of Marxist-Leninist indoctrination in school curriculum after 1954 exerted long-lasting beneficial effects. Unlike in East Germany, the school reform after the fall of communism in Poland had negligible effects on human capital and labour market outcomes. Our results are in contrast, explained by the ideological content of the school curriculum in the Polish education system.
        KW  - education systems
KW  - communist education
KW  - education reforms
KW  - school curriculum
KW  - later life outcomes
KW  - human capital attainment
KW  - labour market participation
        ER  -