TY  - JOUR
AU  - Murnane,Richard J.
AU  - Willett,John B.
AU  - Boudett,Kathryn Parker
TI  - Does Acquisition of a GED Lead to More Training, Post-Secondary Education, and Military Service for School Dropouts?
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 5992
PY  - 1997
Y2  - April 1997
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w5992
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w5992.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Richard Murnane
Graduate School of Education
Harvard University
6 Appian Way - Gutman 469
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617/496-4820
Fax: 617/496-3095
E-Mail: richard_murnane@harvard.edu
AB  - 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.
ER  -