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Author: Baker, Rose M.
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Baker, Rose M. Passmore, David L. |
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Failure to Earn a High School Diploma: Correlates and Consequences for Central Pennsylvania Report, Penn State Workforce Education and Development Initiative, August 2008 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Penn State Workforce Education and Development Initiative Keyword(s): Dropouts; Employment; GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; High School Dropouts; Labor Force Participation; State-Level Data/Policy; Wages Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The purpose of the research described in this report was to estimate the personal compensation foregone as a consequence of the failure of these 681 dropouts in 2005–2006 to leave high school with a diploma. To provide this estimate, from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007a) was analyzed to calculate, using ordinary least squares regression, the average difference, ceteris paribus, between the personal compensation of dropouts and graduates at the national level. Then, the average personal compensation difference is multiplied by the number of the central Pennsylvania dropouts working, which provides an estimate of the aggregate personal compensation costs of failure to earn a high school diploma for central Pennsylvania. |
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Baker, Rose M. and David L. Passmore. "Failure to Earn a High School Diploma: Correlates and Consequences for Central Pennsylvania." Report, Penn State Workforce Education and Development Initiative, August 2008. |
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Kim, Kyung-Nyun Baker, Rose M. |
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The Assumed Benefits and Hidden Costs of Adult Learners' College Enrollment Research in Higher Education 56,5 (August 2015): 510-533. Also: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11162-014-9351-x Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): College Characteristics; College Enrollment; Occupational Status; Self-Esteem; Wage Penalty/Career Penalty; Wages Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study investigates the effects of adults' enrollment in and graduation from a two-year college on their hourly wages and occupational status in U.S. by employing a growth curve model and a piecewise model. College enrollment reduced hourly wages and occupational status by 13.8 % and 2.74 points, respectively. Less-educated workers whose wages were the main source of income were more likely to compromise their occupational status for a better work-study balance and thus to realize wage penalties during schooling. While a two-year college degree acquired in adulthood had significant positive effects on hourly wages and occupational status, the said positive economic returns from the degree were moderated by their self-esteem. |
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Bibliography Citation
Kim, Kyung-Nyun and Rose M. Baker. "The Assumed Benefits and Hidden Costs of Adult Learners' College Enrollment." Research in Higher Education 56,5 (August 2015): 510-533.
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