Volume 7, Number 3 (Summer) 1972
Lerman, Robert I. 1972. "Some Determinants of Youth School Activity." Journal of Human Resources 7(3):366-383.
A youth's decision to attend school depends on individual, family, and area forces. A special data source that includes the March 1967 Current Population Survey allowed all three types of variables to appear in the same regression. Separate regressions were performed on youths who differ by labor force status and by educational attainment. Among the noteworthy findings are (1) that SMSA labor market variables exert some effects on school activity through the full-time labor market and other effects through the part-time labor market, and (2) that race does not generally play a significant independent role in the school decision.
The author is Assistant Professor of Economics, Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York. The author wishes to thank the Manpower Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, for financial support; Michael J. Piore, Robert H. Nelson, Charles A. Myers, Samuel Rea, Jr., and the referees for useful suggestions; and William Raduchel and Malcolm Cohen for providing the computer programs used in this work. Opinions expressed in this article do no necessarily represent those of the Department of Labor or of the individuals mentioned above.
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