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School Effects and Labor Market Outcomes for Young Adults in the 1980s and 1990s

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Constant, Amelie () (University of Pennsylvania and IZA Bonn)
Konstantopoulos, Spyros (University of Chicago)

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This study examines high school effects on the labor market success of young adults, above and beyond individual and family characteristics. We employ data from two longitudinal, nationally probability samples: the National Longitudinal Study and the High School and Beyond study and the 5th and 4th follow-up studies respectively. We employ multi-level models and adjust for selection into the labor force. Our findings reveal that there are differential, enduring school effects on future earnings for individuals attending different schools.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 671.

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Keywords: school effects; multi-level models; labor market performance; school heterogeneity;

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J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
A2 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics
C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General
C3 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables

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