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Title: Does Employment During High School Impair Academic Progress?
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D'Amico, Ronald |
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Does Employment During High School Impair Academic Progress? Sociology of Education 57,3 (July 1984): 152-164. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2112599 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Employment, Youth; High School; Part-Time Work; Teenagers Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The extent of high school employment is documented and its relationship to study time, free time spent at school, class rank, knowledge of occupational tasks, and the probability of dropping out before completing high school is evaluated. Results show that more extensive work involvement is associated with decreased study time and decreased free time at school for some race/sex groups, but no effects on class rank are uncovered. Very extensive work involvement of white male sophomores and white female juniors is associated with an increase in their rate of dropping out, but less intensive work involvement of those of most race/sex groups in grade 11 actually appears to lead to increased rates of high school completion. That high school employment may foster high school achievement is explained by a congruence hypothesis, which holds that a correspondence exists between the personality traits promoted and rewarded by employers and those traits promoted and rewarded by teachers. |
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D'Amico, Ronald. "Does Employment During High School Impair Academic Progress?" Sociology of Education 57,3 (July 1984): 152-164.
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