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Title: Is High School Employment Consumption or Investment?
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Ruhm, Christopher J. |
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Is High School Employment Consumption or Investment? NBER Working Paper No. 5030, National Bureau of Economic Research, February 1995. Also: http://nber.nber.org/papers/W5030 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Keyword(s): Benefits, Fringe; Educational Attainment; Employment, In-School; High School; Job Satisfaction; Occupational Attainment Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this study examines whether employment by high school students improves or worsens economic attainment 6 to 9 years after the scheduled date of high school graduation. There is no indication that light to moderate job commitments ever have a detrimental impact and hours worked during the senior grade are positively correlated with future earnings, fringe benefits, and occupational status. These results are robust across a variety of specifications and suggest that employment increases net investments in human capital and facilitates the school- to-work transition, particularly towards the end of high school and for students not continuing on to college. Full-text available on-line: http://nber.nber.org/papers/W5030 |
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Ruhm, Christopher J. "Is High School Employment Consumption or Investment?" NBER Working Paper No. 5030, National Bureau of Economic Research, February 1995. |