@techreport{NBERw5992,
 title = "Does Acquisition of a GED Lead to More Training, Post-Secondary Education, and Military Service for School Dropouts?",
 author = "Richard J. Murnane and John B. Willett and Kathryn Parker Boudett",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "5992",
 year = "1997",
 month = "April",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w5992",
 abstract = {This paper uses longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine whether acquisition of a GED increases the probability that male and female school dropouts obtain training, post-secondary education, or military service.  Random effects probit models are used to account for both the dichotomous nature of the dependent variables and non-zero correlations among error terms pertaining to different years of data for the same individual.  We find that acquisition of a GED increases the probability that school dropouts obtain post-secondary education and the probability that they obtain non-company training, defined as training provided by government or by proprietary schools.  However, it is still the case that the majority of GED recipients obtain no post-secondary education or training through the age of 26.},
}