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Educational and Labor Market Performance of GED Recipients - February 1998

Appendix B: Table B-6 (continued)

Table B-6.-Labor market outcomes for GED recipients, high school graduates, and dropouts: Simple and controlled comparisons (continued)
  Difference (Percent)*
 Dropout
 GED
 Diploma
  
Outcome/Author Measure Male/
Female		 Age or
year		 Dropout
vs. GED		 HSG
vs. GED		 Mean or
Coeff		 Mean or
Coeff		 Mean or
Coeff		 Exclusions/
Controls		 Table or
page
Unemployment
Simple Comparisons
Cameron and Heckman (1993) % unemployed M 25 -1.0 -5.0 6.0 7.0 2.0 table 5A
Cameron and Heckman (1993) % unemployed M 28 1.0 -2.0 5.0 4.0 2.0 table 5A
Smith et. al. (1995) % of LF unemployed M 16-64 -4.3 -8.5 12 17 8 Diploma graduates exclude
those with any college		 table 31-3
Reder (1994) % unemployed M 16-64 in 1992 5.0 -4.0 11.0 6.0 2.0 fig. 10
Maloney (1993) % unemployed F 23-31 -0.4 -7.9 37.9 38.3 30.4 table 1
Smith et. al. (1995) % of LF unemployed F 16-64 6.7 -1.8 18 11 9 Diploma graduates exclude those with any college. table 31-3
Reder (1994) % unemployed F 16-64 3.0 -1.0 7.0 4.0 3.0 fig. 11
Reder (1994) % unemployed Ad 16-64 3.0 -3.0 9.0 6.0 3.0 fig. 9
Controlled Comparisons
Sum (1996) prob. employed Ad 16-64 -0.9 4.4 -0.053 -0.044 cc Ftn. 2 appendix
7B p.241

 

Table B-6.-Labor market outcomes for GED recipients, high school graduates, and dropouts: Simple and controlled comparisons (continued)
  Difference (Percent)*
 Dropout
 GED
 Diploma
  
Outcome/Author Measure Male/
Female		 Age or
year		 Dropout
vs. GED		 HSG
vs. GED		 Mean or
Coeff		 Mean or
Coeff		 Mean or
Coeff		 Exclusions/
Controls		 Table or
page
Wages
Simple Comparisons
Passmore (1987) hourly (1985 $) M 1985 -6.7 15.6 5.13 5.50 6.36 Excl: In school 85 table 1
Alsalam and Conaty (1989) hourly M 1986 -6.4 2.5 5.98 6.39 6.55 All 1980 Sophomores table 5
Cameron and Heckman (1993) hourly (1988 $) M 25 -6.7 16.2 6.84 7.33 8.52 table 5
Cameron and Heckman (1993) hourly (1988 $) M 28 -10.9 21.2 7.51 8.43 10.22 table 5
Smith et. al. (1995) weekly 1992 $ M 16-65 -11.9 1.5 407 462 469 Diploma graduates exclude
those with any college.		 table 31-2
Reder (1994) hourly (1992 $) M 16-64 -19.3 8.9 7.87 9.75 10.62 Excl: Postsecondary degree
Alsalam and Conaty (1989) hourly F 1986 -12.6 2.3 4.58 5.24 5.36 table 5
Cameron (1994) hourly F 25 -1.11 19.1 6.19 6.96 8.29 table 7
Cameron (1992) hourly F 28 -9.7 34.0 6.32 7.00 9.38 table 6B
Maloney (1993) hourly F 1988 -10.7 6.3 4.83 5.41 5.75 p. 14
Smith et. al. (1995) weekly (1992) F 16-65 -1.7 12.6 2.81 2.86 3.22 Diploma graduates exclude
those with any college.		 table 31-2
Reder (1994) hourly (1992 $) F 16-64 -9.9 29.2 5.00 5.55 7.17 Excl: Postsecondary degree
Sum (1996) weekly '92 $ Ad 16-65 -13.5 -0.2 373 431 430 Excl: Not employed full-time and some postsecondary education table 4.3,
p. 117
Controlled Comparisons
Passmore (1987) hourly ('85$) M 1985 -7.1 19.3 cc 0.39 1.45 Excl: Enrolled in school in 1985. Controls: Race, ever married, ever attended college, and region of residence. Ftn. 3 table 1
Cameron and Heckman (1993) log hourly M 25 -5.8 8.8 cc 0.06 0.14 Excl: Enrolled in college and persons not working table 6, 9.
Cameron and Heckman (1993) log hourly M 28 -6.0 11.9 cc 0.06 0.17 Excl: Enrolled in college and persons not working table 9
Garet, Jing, & Kutner (1996) log hourly M 28 -9.5 8.3 cc 0.10 0.18 Excl: Those with more two or more years of college. Controls: Race/ethnicity, weeks worked unemployment rate. Ftn. 4 table 17A
Sum (1996) log weekly M 16-65 in 1992 --11.6 12.2 -0.238 -0.122 cc Full-time employed adults, prose literacy appendix
7B p. 250
Reder (1994) log hourly M 16-65 in
Oregon in 1992		 -10.4 12.7 A measure of functional literacy, level of parent's education, literacy material available in the home, years in occupation, age, and squared age, Reder's coding of the contrasts do not fit the format of this table. table 10
Cameron (1994) log hourly F 28 -7.8 16.2 cc 0.08 0.23 Exclu: >12 yrs. education table 8
Garet, Jing, & Kutner (1996) log hourly F 28 2.4 4.5 cc -0.02 0.02 Excl: Those with more two or more years of college. Controls: Race/ethnicity, weeks worked unemployment rate. Ftn. 4 table 17A
Sum (1996) log weekly F 16-65 in 1992 -12.9 2.2 -0.2 -0.022 cc Full-time employed adults, prose literacy appendix
7B p. 250
Reder (1994) log hourly F 16-65 in
Oregon in '92		 -10.5 28.6 A measure of functional literacy, level of parent's education, literacy material available in the home years in occupation, age, and squared age. Reder's coding of the contrasts do not fit the format of this table. table 11
Sum (1996) log weekly Ad -5.1 8.9 -0.140 -0.089 cc Controls: Prose proficiency appendix
7B p. 251
Sum (1996) log weekly Ad -9.3 6.6 -0.159 -0.066 cc Controls: Composite proficiency appendix
7B p. 252
Reder (1994) log hourly Ad -10.7 17.5 A measure of functional literacy,level of parent's education, literacy material available in the home, years in occupation, age, and squared age. Reder's coding of the contrasts do not fit the format of this table. table 9

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