THE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE: TRENDS AND LEVELS
THE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE: TRENDS AND LEVELS
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DOI：
10.1162/rest.2010.12366
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发表时间：
2010-05-01
影响因子：
8
通讯作者：
LaFontaine, Paul A.
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作者：
Heckman, James J.;LaFontaine, Paul A.
本文采用统一的方法对多个数据集，以估计美国的水平和趋势。S.高中毕业率。我们确定：（a）真实比率远低于广泛使用的衡量标准，（B）它在20世纪70年代初达到顶峰，（c）多数族裔与少数族裔之间的差异很大，35年来没有收敛，（d）1970年后较低的比率不仅仅是由于移民和少数族裔人口的增加，（e）我们的研究结果部分解释了大学入学率下降和大学工资溢价上升的原因，（f）性别毕业差异的扩大有助于解释男女大学入学率差距的扩大。
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.