THE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE: TRENDS AND LEVELS

被引：181
作者：
Heckman, James J. [1 ]
LaFontaine, Paul A. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Chicago, Univ Coll Dublin, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
来源：
REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS | 2010年 / 92卷 / 02期
关键词：
INEQUALITY; CHILDREN; GENDER; SKILLS;
D O I：
10.1162/rest.2010.12366
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This paper applies a unified methodology to multiple data sets to estimate both the levels and trends in U. S. high school graduation rates. We establish that (a) the true rate is substantially lower than widely used measures, (b) it peaked in the early 1970s, (c) majority-minority differentials are substantial and have not converged for 35 years, (d) lower post-1970 rates are not solely due to increasing immigrant and minority populations, (e) our findings explain part of the slowdown in college attendance and rising college wage premiums, and (f) widening graduation differentials by gender help explain increasing male-female college attendance gaps.
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页数：19
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