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Is the GED an effective route to postsecondary education for school dropouts?
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.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3297
- Classification
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Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen
- Subject
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GED
dropouts
post-secondary education
Bildungswesen
Schule
Abbrecher
Schulfinanzierung
Bildungsertrag
Einkommen
USA
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Tyler, John
Lofstrom, Magnus
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2008
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Tyler, John
- Lofstrom, Magnus
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2008
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