scholarly journals The Effects of Financial Aid in High School on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes: A Quasi-Experimental Study

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Knoth Humlum ◽  
Rune Vejlin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Financial Aid ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Quasi Experimental

scholarly journals Is there a Causal Effect of High School Math on Labor Market Outcomes?

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juanna Schrøter Joensen ◽  
Helena Skyt Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
High School Math

scholarly journals Who Benefited from Industrialization? The Local Effects of Hydropower Technology Adoption in Norway

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-245
Author(s):  
Stefan Leknes ◽  
Jørgen Modalsli
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Experimental Setting ◽  
Local Effects ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact

This paper studies the impact of the construction of hydropower facilities on labor market outcomes in Norway at the turn of the twentieth century (1891–1920). The sudden breakthrough in hydropower technology provides a quasi-experimental setting, as not all municipalities had suitable natural endowments and the possible production sites were often located in remote areas. We find that hydropower municipalities experienced faster structural transformation and displayed higher occupational mobility. We interpret this as evidence that this early twentieth-century technology was skill biased, as workers in the new skilled jobs were recruited from a broad segment of the population.

State High School Exit Examinations and Postsecondary Labor Market Outcomes

2008 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Warren Warren ◽  
Eric Grodsky ◽  
Jennifer C. Lee
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Exit Examinations ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Labor Force Status ◽  
Central Hypothesis ◽  
High School Exit ◽  
Using Data

Since the late 1970s, an increasing number of states have required students to pass statewide high school exit examinations (HSEEs) in order to graduate. States have usually adopted HSEEs in response to the perception that a substantial number of graduates lack skills that are required for success in the modern economy. What do these educational reforms mean for students' postsecondary economic and labor market prospects? The central hypothesis of the study presented here was that state HSEE policies have the effect of widening gaps in labor force status and earnings between young people who have high school diplomas and those who do not. To test this hypothesis, the authors modeled the association between state HSEE policies and these labor market outcomes using data from the 1980–2000 U.S. censuses and the 1984–2002 Outgoing Rotation Groups of the Current Population Survey. The results revealed no evidence that state HSEEs positively affect labor force status or earnings or that the connections between state HSEE policies and these outcomes vary by students' race/ethnicity or the level of difficulty of state HSEEs.

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