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Hills, Stephen M. De Souza, Gita |
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Returns to Educational Training in Math and Science for American Women Report, Women in Education Series Report. Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor , 1993 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor Keyword(s): Educational Returns; High School Curriculum; Human Capital; Human Capital Theory; Schooling, Post-secondary; Self-Employed Workers; Wage Dynamics; Wage Rates The economic returns to math and science courses taken while in high school are estimated for women who do not go on to college and women entrepreneurs. A human capital model is used to estimate the model for respondents drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey's New Youth Cohort. Women who were 14-21 in 1979 are followed through time, and their wage rates measured in 1990. Wages earned in 1990 are related to courses in math and science taken in high school, recorded on a respondent's transcript, and coded in standard year long units. Little direct effect was found for the influence of high school curriculum on subsequent wage rates, either for women or for men. For women, courses in science in math did, however, significantly improve the probability that they would gain post-secondary training or go on to college. These indirect effects argue for use of a multi-equation model that estimates effects for women of all educational levels. Even when using women of all educational levels, the study did not show any significant effect of science and math on the earnings of the self-employed. |
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Hills, Stephen M. and Gita De Souza. "Returns to Educational Training in Math and Science for American Women." Report, Women in Education Series Report. Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor , 1993. |