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Title: Does Acquisition of a GED Lead to More Training, Post-Secondary Education, and Military Service for School Dropouts?
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Murnane, Richard J. Willett, John B. Boudett, Kathryn Parker |
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Does Acquisition of a GED Lead to More Training, Post-Secondary Education, and Military Service for School Dropouts? NBER Working Paper No. 5992, National Bureau of Economic Research, April 1997. Also: http://nber.nber.org/papers/W5992 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Keyword(s): GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; Military Service; Modeling, Probit; School Dropouts; Schooling, Post-secondary; Training This paper uses longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine whether acquisition of a GED increases the probability that male and female school dropouts obtain training, post-secondary education, or military service. Random effects probit models are used to account for both the dichotomous nature of the dependent variables and non-zero correlations among error terms pertaining to different years of data for the same individual. We find that acquisition of a GED increases the probability that school dropouts obtain post-secondary education and the probability that they obtain non-company training defined as training provided by government or by proprietary schools. However, it is still the case that the majority of GED recipients obtain no post-secondary education or training through the age of 26. Full-text available on-line: http://nber.nber.org/papers/W5992 |
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Murnane, Richard J., John B. Willett and Kathryn Parker Boudett. "Does Acquisition of a GED Lead to More Training, Post-Secondary Education, and Military Service for School Dropouts?" NBER Working Paper No. 5992, National Bureau of Economic Research, April 1997. |