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Title: Is the GED a Viable Human Capital Treatment for Poor and Welfare Dependent Women?
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Cao, Jian Stromsdorfer, Ernst W. Weeks, Gregory |
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Is the GED a Viable Human Capital Treatment for Poor and Welfare Dependent Women? Working Paper, Department of Economics, Washington State University, October 1993 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Economics, Washington State University Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Dropouts; Endogeneity; GED/General Educational Diploma/General Equivalency Degree/General Educational Development; High School Completion/Graduates; Labor Market Outcomes; Wage Rates; Welfare This study compares labor market outcomes among high school dropouts, GED recipients, and conventional high school graduates using two longitudinal databases, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) Merged Child-Mother File and the Washington State Family Income Study (FIS) File. Correcting for sample selection bias and endogeneity bias of welfare recipiency, the study found that (1) for both the FIS and the NLSY, in terms of total annual hours of work the three groups are not statistically distinguishable and there is also no evidence of effect of GED on post-secondary education; and (2) any differences in before-tax average hourly wage rates among the three groups are accounted for by years of education completed for the FIS or by AFQT score the NLSY. |
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Cao, Jian, Ernst W. Stromsdorfer and Gregory Weeks. "Is the GED a Viable Human Capital Treatment for Poor and Welfare Dependent Women?" Working Paper, Department of Economics, Washington State University, October 1993. |