A Bridge to Graduation: Post-secondary Effects of an Alternative Pathway for Students Who Fail High School Exit Exams
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Keywords
high school exit exams; high school graduation; post-secondary education; labor market outcomes; employment; earnings;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
- J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2022-03-07 (Education)
- NEP-LAB-2022-03-07 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-URE-2022-03-07 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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