Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ551608
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Does a GED Lead to More Training, Post-Secondary Education, and Military Service for School Dropouts?
Murnane, Richard J.; Willett, John B.; Boudett, Kathryn Parker
Industrial and Labor Relations Review, v51 n1 p100-16 Oct 1997
Training and education profiles estimated from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data 1979-1991 for 918 men and 699 women suggest that the probability that dropouts received postsecondary education or training was greater after receiving a General Educational Development (GED) certificate. However, fewer than half of GED recipients obtained postsecondary education or training. (SK)
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Attainment, Job Training, Military Service, Postsecondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: General Educational Development Tests; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
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