The Effects of Alternative School Programs on High School Completion and Labor Market Outcomes

1986 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S Catterall ◽  
David Stern
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Alternative High School ◽  
High School Completion ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Effects ◽  
School Programs ◽  
High School Programs ◽  
Employment Rates

This research probes two questions regarding participation in alternative high school programs: Does participation reduce the likelihood of students dropping out? Does participation lead to enhanced experiences in the labor market after students leave school? Using the California subsample of the 1980 and 1982 High School and Beyond surveys (involving nearly 3,000 sophomores and 3,000 seniors), vocational education and participation in other alternatives are scrutinized. Our findings regarding the dropout-preventing effects of these programs are mixed: The assessment varies across different procedures used to control for prior propensity to dropout. Our findings for labor market effects are more definite. Participants in vocational and other alternative programs have generally higher employment rates and, for some, higher wages. Suggested extensions of this work are offered.

scholarly journals Is there a Causal Effect of High School Math on Labor Market Outcomes?

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juanna Schrøter Joensen ◽  
Helena Skyt Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
High School Math

scholarly journals Distance Education: A Challenge for Higher Education in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Rosul Asmawi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
National Education ◽  
National Education System ◽  
School Programs ◽  
High School Programs

The implementation of educational program for all through distance learning is expected to match with the condition of Indonesia’s geography, demography, and culture that vary from one place to another. In terms of the implementation of the nine-year basic education compulsion program, Indonesia has carried out various programs, such as Package A (equal to elementary school) and Package B (equal to open junior high school) programs in many parts of provinces in Indonesia. This ‘open junior high school’ model has even been adopted as ‘open Islamic junior high school’ in other provinces. At the level of tertiary education, there is open university, as stated in the Act on National Education System No. 20 of 2003

scholarly journals The Labor Market Effects of Refugee Waves: Reconciling Conflicting Results

ILR Review ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 818-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Clemens ◽  
Jennifer Hunt
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Current Population Survey ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
High School Education ◽  
Endogenous Variable ◽  
Racial Composition ◽  
Compositional Change ◽  
Market Effects ◽  
The Impact

Studies have reached conflicting conclusions regarding the labor market effects of exogenous refugee waves such as the Mariel Boatlift in Miami. The authors show that contradictory findings on the effects of the Mariel Boatlift can be explained by a large difference in the pre- and post-Boatlift racial composition in certain very small subsamples of workers in the Current Population Survey. This compositional change is specific to Miami and unrelated to the Boatlift. They also show that conflicting findings on the labor market effects of other important refugee waves are caused by spurious correlation in some analyses between the instrument and the endogenous variable, introduced by applying a common divisor to both. As a whole, the evidence from refugee waves reinforces the existing consensus that the impact of immigration on average native-born workers is small, and it fails to substantiate claims of large detrimental effects on workers with less than a high school education.

The Local Labor Market Effects of Korean Automotive Investments in the United States

2020 ◽  
pp. 016001762096484
Author(s):  
Eunbi Kim
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Local Labor Market ◽  
Market Effects ◽  
The North ◽  
Japanese Firms ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
Japanese Fdi

This study investigates the local labor market effects of automotive foreign direct investment (FDI) in Alabama in the wake of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Of particular interest is the effect of FDI originating from a nontraditional source country in comparison to investments by European and Japanese firms. Using 2005–2011 American Community Survey (ACS) data, we compare changes in employment rates and median weekly wages in three area types: areas with Korean FDI, areas with German and Japanese FDI and areas without FDI. Results show that Korean FDI leads to increased employment rates but decreased median weekly wages. We attribute these findings to price competitive strategies of Korean firms.

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.

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