Plausibly Exogenous [1660] - Credentials (08/19/2024)

LHS Variable
Labor market success

RHS Variable
Exam-based credential

Source of Exogenous Variation
Change in the passing standard required to obtain a General Educational Development (GED) credential

- Lofstrom and Tyler (2004), “Measuring the Returns to the GED: Using an Exogenous Change in GED Passing Standards as a Natural Experiment”