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| Autor/inn/en | Tyler, John H.; Murnane, Richard J.; Willett, John B. |
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| Institution | National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Boston, MA. |
| Titel | Cognitive Skills Matter in the Labor Market, Even for School Dropouts. NCSALL Reports #15. |
| Quelle | (2000), (31 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Dropout Characteristics; Dropout Research; Dropouts; Education Work Relationship; Educational Benefits; Educational Status Comparison; Ethnicity; High School Equivalency Programs; Outcomes of Education; Racial Differences; Rewards; Sex Differences; Thinking Skills; Wages; Florida; New York; General Educational Development Tests |
| Abstract | A study examined evidence of any labor market payoff for school dropouts and if they acquire cognitive skills, and studied whether the payoff differs by gender and race/ethnicity. It analyzed data containing information on the universe of school dropouts in New York and Florida who took the General Educational Development (GED) exams between 1986-90 and were aged 16-21 when they last took those exams. The data--basic demographic information and GED test scores--were merged with Social Security taxable annual earnings via Social Security Numbers. Labor market earnings were measured 5 years after dropouts last attempted the GED exams. Results, based on earnings of 21-26 year-old dropouts who attempted the GED exams in Florida and New York in 1986-90, showed the average annual earnings levels of young dropouts were quite low; in the labor market of the early 1990s, young high school dropouts could expect higher annual earnings if they had higher levels of basic cognitive skills; and females and minority group members had greater returns. The significant economic return to modest skill differences among minority male dropouts shed light on a puzzle in the random-assignment evaluation of the Perry Pre-School Program. (YLB) |
| Anmerkungen | National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy/World Education, Attn: Sam Gordenstein, 44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210-1211 (No. 15, $5). Web site: http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall. |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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