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Author: Rhodes, Alec P.
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Labor Market Inequality, Debt, and the Consequences of Sub-Baccalaureate Higher Education The Sociological Quarterly 65, 1 (16 November 2023): 11-37. Also: https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2023.2253315 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Wiley Online Keyword(s): College Cost; College Degree; College Education; Debt, Student; Debt/Borrowing; Degree, Sub-Baccalaureate; Earnings; Education; Education, Adult; Education, Higher; Education, Postsecondary; Employment; Fixed Effects Regressions; Income; Labor Market Demographics; Labor Market Outcomes; Socioeconomic Factors; Student Loans / Student Aid Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. U.S. young adults in the 2000s and 2010s entered a national labor market that was highly stratified by education. While the socioeconomic consequences of a four-year bachelor’s degree are well documented during this period, less is known about the consequences of seeking a sub-baccalaureate credential. I analyze the employment, earnings, and student debt outcomes associated with several sub-baccalaureate experiences differentiated by enrollment, credential level, and for-profit attendance using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1997 Cohort. Using fixed-effects regression models, I find that certificates and associate degrees are associated with employment advantages relative to a high school diploma. However, young adults with some two-year college and no credential or a certificate have no higher earnings than those with a high school diploma. Sub-baccalaureate credentials can also be costly, as those who attend a for-profit college have more student debt than those who do not. Results shed light on labor market inequality among a large but understudied segment of higher education and underscore the importance of considering debt alongside labor market outcomes in analyses of the socioeconomic consequences of higher education. |
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Rhodes, Alec P. "Labor Market Inequality, Debt, and the Consequences of Sub-Baccalaureate Higher Education." The Sociological Quarterly 65, 1 (16 November 2023): 11-37.
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Student Debt and Geographic Disadvantage: Disparities by Rural, Suburban, and Urban Background Rural Sociology published online (21 August 2021): DOI: 10.1111/ruso.12403. Also: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ruso.12403 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Rural Sociological Society Keyword(s): Debt/Borrowing; Rural Youth; Rural/Urban Differences; Student Loans / Student Aid Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. American youth from rural backgrounds have made great strides to overcome challenges in college enrollment and completion since the 2000s. Yet little is known about how rural youth are financing these attainment increases--a pressing question in light of high college costs, rising student debt, and spatial inequality in the resources that students have to pay for college. This paper examines disparities in young adults' student debt by geographic background using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 Cohort. Regression analyses reveal that college-goers from rural backgrounds accumulate more debt than those from suburban and urban backgrounds, adjusting for differences in sociodemographic characteristics. Rural college-goers' higher debt can be partially attributed to differences in socioeconomic backgrounds and rates of inter-county migration during college, and there is evidence that the additive influences of geographic background and gender contribute to particularly high debt among rural women. The findings suggest that longstanding spatial inequalities contribute to disparities in student debt and raise questions about the experiences of rural youth and communities in a debt-based society. |
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Rhodes, Alec P. "Student Debt and Geographic Disadvantage: Disparities by Rural, Suburban, and Urban Background." Rural Sociology published online (21 August 2021): DOI: 10.1111/ruso.12403.
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