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Author: Paik, Il-Woo
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1. Stern, David
Paik, Il-Woo
Catterall, James S.
Nakata, Yoshi-Fumi
Labor Market Experience of Teenagers With and Without High School Diplomas
Economics of Education Review 8,3 (Summer 1989): 233-245.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0272775782900036
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Dropouts; Educational Attainment; Employment; High School Dropouts; Unemployment Rate; Wages

Using data from the NLSY and the High School and Beyond Survey, this paper estimates the effect of a high school diploma on success in the labor market over and above the effects of such prior characteristics as race, family background, IQ, school performance, and other unmeasured characteristics. Analyses of both data sets reveal that most or all of the differences in unemployment and wages between graduates and dropouts is attributable to a "coefficient effect" i.e., to differences in how measured characteristics are translated into labor market success rather than to differences in the measured characteristics themselves.
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Stern, David, Il-Woo Paik, James S. Catterall and Yoshi-Fumi Nakata. "Labor Market Experience of Teenagers With and Without High School Diplomas." Economics of Education Review 8,3 (Summer 1989): 233-245.