Creating Linkages in the High School-to-Work Transition

1995 ◽  
pp. 235-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Rosenbaum ◽  
Stephanie Alter Jones
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School To Work ◽  
School To Work Transition ◽  
Work Transition

University dropouts vs high school graduates in the school-to-work transition

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuela Ghignoni ◽  
Giuseppe Croce ◽  
Alessandro d’Ambrosio
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
High School Graduates ◽  
School To Work ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
School To Work Transition ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Transition ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider the enrolment at university and the subsequent possible dropout as a piece of the school-to-work transition and ask whether it improves or worsens the labour market outcomes a few years after graduation from the high school. Design/methodology/approach The analysis exploits data from the upper secondary graduate survey by ISTAT on a cohort of high school graduates and investigates the effect of dropping out four years after graduation. The labour market outcomes of university dropouts are compared to the outcomes of high school graduates who never enrolled at university. A propensity score matching approach is applied. The model is also estimated on the subsamples of males and females. Findings The findings show that spending a period at university and leaving it before completion makes the transition to work substantially more difficult. Both the probability of being NEET and getting a bad job increase in the case of dropout, while no relevant effect is found on earnings. Moreover, the impact of university dropout tends to be more harmful the longer the spell from enrolment to dropping out. Separate estimates by gender point out that females appear to be relatively more affected in the case of dropping out without a fallback plan. Originality/value While the existing studies in the literature on the school-to-work transition mostly focus on the determinants of the dropout, this paper investigates whether and how the employment outcomes are affected by dropping out in Italy. Moreover, university dropouts are compared to high school graduates with no university experience, rather than to university graduates. Finally, evidence on the mechanisms driving the effect of dropping out is provided, by considering timing and motivations for dropping out.

The school-to-work transition for high school dropouts

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Weidman ◽  
Robert R. Friedmann
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Dropouts ◽  
School To Work ◽  
School Dropouts ◽  
School To Work Transition ◽  
Work Transition

Preparation for the School-to-Work Transition: The Views of High School Students

2002 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan D. Phillips ◽  
David L. Blustein ◽  
Kevin Jobin-Davis ◽  
Sarah Finkelberg White
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School To Work ◽  
School Students ◽  
School To Work Transition ◽  
Work Transition
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