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The American High School Graduation Rate: Trends and Levels

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Heckman, James J, LaFontaine, Paul A·2010·Review of Economics and Statistics

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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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Authors: Heckman, J. J., & LaFontaine, P. A.
Affiliations: University College Dublin (IE)
American Bar Association (US)
ORCID: Heckman, James J
Venue: Review of Economics and Statistics
Publisher: MIT Press - Journals
Published: 2010-05
Volume: 92
Issue: 2
Pages: 244-262
ISSN: 0034-6535 (ISSN-L)
1530-9142
DOI: 10.1162/rest.2010.12366
PMC: PMC2900934
OpenAlex: W2140410834
Cited by: 568
References: 31
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FWCI: 107.34
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Locations: The Review of Economics and Statistics (publishedVersion)
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Funders: National Science Foundation (P01-HD31921)
American Bar Foundation
University College Dublin
National Institutes of Health (NIH-R01)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P01-HD31921)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD043411, P01HD031921, R01HD054702)
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (P01HD31921)
Topics: Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
Social Sciences › Education › Educational Outcomes and Influences
Keywords: high school graduation rates, immigrant students, college attendance, college wage premium, educational attainment, United States

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The American High School Graduation Rate: Trends and Levels

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