So You Want a GED? Estimating the Impact of the GED on the Earnings of Dropouts Who Seek the Credential. NCSALL Research Brief.

Autor/in	Tyler, John H.
Institution	National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Boston, MA.
Titel	So You Want a GED? Estimating the Impact of the GED on the Earnings of Dropouts Who Seek the Credential. NCSALL Research Brief.
Quelle	(2002), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Basic Education; Adult Literacy; Blacks; Correctional Education; Dropouts; Economic Impact; Educational Policy; Educational Practices; Educational Research; Estimation (Mathematics); High School Equivalency Programs; Literacy Education; Measurement Techniques; Minority Groups; Nontraditional Education; Outcomes of Education; Research Methodology; Salary Wage Differentials; Unemployment Insurance; Whites; Florida; General Educational Development Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Black person; Schwarzer; Fürsorgeerziehung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Ökonomische Determinanten; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Estimation; Mathematics; Schätzung; Messtechnik; Ethnische Minderheit; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Unemployment benefit; Arbeitslosenversicherung; White; Weißer
Abstract	The impact of the General Educational Development certificate (GED) on the earnings of high school dropouts who seek the credential were estimated. The estimates were derived by using several different types of estimation methods to analyze data linking Florida GED test information with quarterly earnings records collected by Florida's Unemployment Insurance system. The study data set included basic demographics, quarterly earnings, and GED test scores of 81,170 individuals. Key findings were as follows: (1) acquiring a GED leads to greater quarterly earnings growth; (2) earning a GED increases the probability of having non-zero earnings; (3) higher scores on GED tests lead to higher earnings; (4) the economic return on the GED is approximately the same for whites and minority group members earning the credential outside prison, but it is relatively large for whites and much smaller for minority group members earning the credential while incarcerated. The following were among the study's implications: (1) substantial GED-related earnings differences occur over time rather than immediately; (2) the relatively large numbers of young black high school dropouts who obtain GEDs in prison appears to explain the GED's lesser economic impact for minority group members; and (3) acquiring a GED only partially tempers the harsh economic realities for high school dropouts. (MN)
Anmerkungen	For full text: http://ncsall.gse.harvard.edu/research/brief_tyler2.pdf.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC