Volume 4, Number 2 (Spring) 1969
Conlisk, John. 1969. "Determinants of School Enrollment and School Performance." Journal of Human Resources 4(2):140-157.
This paper investigates determinants of school enrollment and school performance of children in the United States. School enrollment here refers to whether a child is or is not enrolled in school, and school performance refers to whether an enrolled child is behind, with, or ahead of his age group in years of schooling completed. The investigation is based on data from the 1960 Census. Variables describing age, color, sex, rural-urban status, education of parents, and income of parents are used to explain variation in school enrollment and school performance across the school age population.
The author is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego. The research reported here was supported by funds granted to the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin by the Office of Economic Opportunity pursuant to the provisions to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. The conclusions are the sole responsibility of the author. Thanks are due to Harold Watts and to the referees of this Journal for the number of helpful comments.
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