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Title: Labor Market Consequences of Dropping Out of High School
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King, Randall H. |
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Labor Market Consequences of Dropping Out of High School Ph.D. Dissertation, Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1978 Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Dropouts; Earnings; High School; High School Dropouts; Occupational Status; Schooling; Unemployment This study, based on human capital theory, examines the economic consequences of dropping out of high school. The effect of schooling over time on labor market success (hourly pay rate, occupational prestige, and employment incidence and duration) was measured. Data from Young Men and Women cohorts of the NLS were utilized. The study universe consisted of respondents who left school between l958-70 (males) and l962-70 (females), completed 9-12 years of schooling, and were not enrolled at the time of the survey. A three-equation recursive model was used to determine schooling contribution to success measures. Findings demonstrated substantial labor market benefits for all groups during the first decade of labor market experience. Earnings differences between graduates and dropouts were not pronounced immediately upon leaving school, but became significant over time. Graduates' age-earnings profiles were steeper than those of dropouts. The difference in occupational status between black graduates and dropouts shrinks over time. All graduates except black females enjoyed greater immunity to unemployment than dropouts. In employment duration the advantage of black males and black and white females deteriorated over time; little difference was demonstrated between white male graduates and dropouts. |
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King, Randall H. Labor Market Consequences of Dropping Out of High School. Ph.D. Dissertation, Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University, 1978. |