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Author: Kautz, Timothy Danna
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1. Kautz, Timothy Danna
Essays in the Economics of Education and Skill Development
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, The University of Chicago, 2015
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): Achievement; GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; High School Diploma; High School Dropouts; Noncognitive Skills; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT

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The second chapter presents results of an evaluation of the General Educational Development (GED) program. The GED is an achievement test that high school dropouts can take to certify that they are equivalent to high school graduates. It reviews the existing evidence on the returns to GED certificates and presents new evidence. After controlling for achievement test scores before high school, GED recipients fare no better than other high school dropouts but lag behind high school graduates, because GED recipients lack non-cognitive skills that are missed by achievement tests.
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Kautz, Timothy Danna. Essays in the Economics of Education and Skill Development. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, The University of Chicago, 2015.