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Re-examining the impact of dropping out on criminal and labor outcomes in early adulthood

Bjerk, David - 2011

twenties to individuals with similar pre-dropout characteristics who complete high school. It is only those who feel they are …

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The GED

Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Mader, Nicholas S. - 2010

test claims to establish equivalence between dropouts and traditional high school graduates, opening the door to college … graduation gaps, and sources of wage growth. Recent work demonstrates that, through its availability and low cost, the GED also … insight relevant to any nation's educational context. -- Returns to education ; GED ; dropouts ; graduation rate …

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Labor-market returns to the GED using regression discontinuity analysis

Jepsen, Christopher; Mueser, Peter R.; Troske, Kenneth R. - 2012

We evaluate the labor-market returns to General Educational Development (GED) certification using state administrative data. We develop a fuzzy regression discontinuity (FRD) method to account for the fact that GED test takers can repeatedly retake the test until they pass it. Our technique can...

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What can be done to improve struggling high schools?

Cullen, Julie Berry; Levitt, Steven D.; Robertson, Erin; … - In: The journal of economic perspectives : EP ; a journal … 27 (2013) 2, pp. 133-152

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US high school graduation rates : patterns and explanations

Murnane, Richard J. - In: Journal of economic literature 51 (2013) 2, pp. 370-422

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US high school graduation rates : patterns and explanations

Murnane, Richard J. - 2013

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Can Technical Education in High School Smooth Postsecondary Transitions for Students with Disabilities?

Brunner, Eric J.; Dougherty, Shaun; Ross, Stephen L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Participation in Career Technical Education (CTE) programs has been proposed as a valuable strategy for supporting transition to independence among students with disabilities. We exploit a discontinuity created by admissions thresholds from a statewide system of CTE high schools. Our findings...

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The Effects of Advanced Degrees on the Wage Rates, Hours, Earnings and Job Satisfaction of Women and Men

Altonji, Joseph G.; Humphries, John Eric; Zhong, Ling - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This paper uses a college-by-graduate degree fixed effects estimator to evaluate the returns to 19 different graduate degrees for men and women. We find substantial variation across degrees, and evidence that OLS overestimates the returns to degrees with high average earnings and underestimates...

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The impact of high school exit exams on graduation rates and achievement

Caves, Katherine; Balestra, Simone - 2014

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Distance to Degrees : How College Proximity Shapes Students' Enrollment Choices and Attainment Across Race-Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status

Acton, Riley K.; Cortes, Kalena E.; Miller, Lois; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

Leveraging rich data on the universe of Texas high school graduates, we estimate how the relationship between … college desert by forgoing college enrollment altogether, reducing the likelihood that they earn associate's and reducing the … eight years following high school graduation, resulting in substantial long-term gaps in overall degree attainment by race …

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