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Who Benefits from Obtaining a GED? Evidence from High School and Beyond. NBER Working Paper Series.

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Murnane, Richard J.; Willett, John B.; Tyler, John H. – 1999

Data on the sophomore cohort of the original High School and Beyond (HS&B) study were analyzed to determine the value of the General Educational Development (GED) credential versus that of the conventional high school diploma in explaining the earnings of 27-year-old males in the early 1990s. The study sample consisted of those 4,899 male…

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