School-to-Work Transitions and Wage Outcomes of Texas Colonia Populations. Policy Brief

Autor/inn/en	Olmedo, Carlos; Ward, Peter M.
Institution	Texas Education Research Center
Titel	School-to-Work Transitions and Wage Outcomes of Texas Colonia Populations. Policy Brief
Quelle	(2018), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Low Income Students; Outcomes of Education; Education Work Relationship; Employment Patterns; Wages; Hispanic American Students; Work Experience; Educational Attainment; Gender Differences; Technical Education; Housing; Salary Wage Differentials; Vocational Education; Community Colleges; Credentials; Tech Prep; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Wage; Löhne; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Geschlechterkonflikt; Technikunterricht; Unterkunft; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Community college; Community College; Studienbuch; Dualsystem
Abstract	This study assesses the human capital development and wage performance of low-income students from geographically isolated and substandard housing settlements known as colonias. The research follows Texas high school students from the classroom to employment over a span of two decades and, specifically, tracks the three border regions where most colonia communities are located. In addition, education and wage regressions are modeled to quantify the adverse effects of residential segregation. Findings indicate that colonia students are more likely to enroll in high school Tech Prep, count on community college credentials, and earn lower wages; the latter largely driven by work experience, educational attainment, type of employment, and gender. Recommended policy prescriptions include improving the high school-to-college-to-work pipeline for students with technical education, especially for women, as well as increasing their college transitions to 4-year programs. Poor infrastructure, unregulated code compliance and incremental self-building over many years has consequently led to some of the worst quality housing and hazardous health conditions. Little systematic scholarship has investigated the intersection between housing informality, residential segregation and human capital, a void this research fills by addressing two central questions: (1) What are the school-to-work and wage outcomes for high school students from colonias?; and (2) Does residential segregation adversely affect the education and work outcomes of colonia students? (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Texas Education Research Center. University of Texas at Austin, Pickle Research Campus, 10100 Burnet Road, Bldg #137 TCB, Rm 1.143A, L4500, Austin, TX 78758; Tel: 512-471-4528; Web site: https://texaserc.utexas.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01