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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w13816
来源ID	Working Paper 13816
	Is the GED an Effective Route to Postsecondary Education for School Dropouts?
	John H. Tyler; Magnus Lofstrom
发表日期	2008-02-14
出版年	2008
语种	英语
摘要	We use data from the Texas Schools Microdata Panel (TSMP) to examine the extent to which dropouts use the GED as a route to post-secondary education. The paper develops a model pointing out the potential biases in estimating the effects of taking the "GED path" to postsecondary education. Lacking suitable instruments that would allow us to directly address potential biases, our approach is to base our estimates on a set of academically "at risk" students who are very similar in the 8th grade. We observe that the eventual high school graduates in this group have much better postsecondary education outcomes than do the similar at-risk 8th graders who dropped out and obtained a GED. Our model explains the observed differences, and allows for a discussion of the policy challenges inherent in improving the postsecondary outcomes of dropouts.
主题	Health, Education, and Welfare ; Education ; Labor Economics ; Demography and Aging
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w13816
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/571490
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	John H. Tyler,Magnus Lofstrom. Is the GED an Effective Route to Postsecondary Education for School Dropouts?. 2008.

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