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

2006 ◽  
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 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 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

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.

Illicit Drug Use and Labor Market Outcomes: A Review of Economic Theory and its Empirical Implications

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 663-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Kaestner
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Behavioral Model ◽  
Individual Choice ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper, I outline the economic theory pertinent to the analysis of the effect of drug use on labor market outcomes. I argue that the complex behavioral links that underlie the relationship between drug use and labor market outcomes make it necessary to explicitly model the process that determines both of these outcomes. Only then can effective empirical strategies be developed that will yield credible estimates of the causal effect of drug use on labor market outcomes. Economic theory is well suited to this task since at its core it is a behavioral model of individual choice. I also discuss some methodological strategies that can be used to address the empirical problems associated with estimating such a structural model.

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