TY  - JOUR
AU  - Cameron,Stephen V.
AU  - Heckman,James J.
TI  - Determinants of Young Male Schooling and Training Choices
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 4327
PY  - 1993
Y2  - April 1993
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4327
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4327.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Stephen Cameron
School of International and Public Affairs
Columbia University
420 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10027
E-Mail: sc337@columbia.edu

James J. Heckman
Department of Economics
The University of Chicago
1126 E. 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Tel: 773/702-0634
Fax: 773/702-8490
E-Mail: jjh@uchicago.edu
M1  - published as Stephen Cameron, James J. Heckman. "Determinants of Young Males’ Schooling and Training Choices," in Lisa M. Lynch, "Training and the Private Sector" University of Chicago Press (1994)

AB  - This paper examines the determinants of GED acquisition. high school graduation and postsecondary training and schooling choices. Economic factors determining dropping out are considered. The determinants of high school certification by exam are fundamentally different from the determinants of ordinary high school graduation. GED graduates are more likely to take vocational and technical training while ordinary graduates are more likely to attend academic programs. GED recipients are much less likely to complete the post-secondary programs they begin. The GED exam does not measure the ability or motivation that predicts successful completion of post-secondary schooling and training programs. Participation in post-secondary nonacademic training is positively related to family resources. Thus both academic and non-academic training operate to reinforce initial family earnings inequalities.
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