Volume 36, Number 4 (Fall) 2001
Neumark, David, and Mary Joyce. 2001. "Evaluating School-to-Work Programs Using the New NLSY." Journal of Human Resources 36(4):666-702.
The new NLSY offers researchers opportunities to analyze direct evidence on school-to-work programs, using data collected from individuals and schools. This paper focuses on the consequences of school-to-work pro- grams for youth employment and schooling decisions while in high school, and students' subjective assessments of the likelihood of future schooling and work behavior. School-to-work participation does not appear to influence behavior likely associated with future college attendance, although it does appear to increase respondents' subjective probabilities of obtaining a high-school diploma. More in accordance with the traditional view of school-to-work programs, participation increases the perceived likelihood of future labor market activity.
David Neumark is a professor of economics at Michigan State University, and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Mary Joyce is an economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, although the views expressed are solely the authors'. Daiji Kawaguchi provided outstanding research assistance. The authors thank Robert Dejong for helpful discussions. This paper was prepared for the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Joint Center for Poverty Research conference" Early Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 Cohort," Washington, D.C., November 18 and 19, 1999. The public release NLSY data used in this article can be obtained beginning May 2002 through April 2005 from David Neumark, Department of Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824.
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