PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Ramiro Burga AU - Sarah Turner TI - Does Enrollment Lead to Completion? AID - 10.3368/jhr.59.1.0121-11408 DP - 2023 May 01 TA - Journal of Human Resources PG - 755--782 VI - 58 IP - 3 4099 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/58/3/755.short 4100 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/58/3/755.full SO - J Hum Resour2023 May 01; 58 AB - Adverse local labor market shocks such as those generated by exposure of local industries to international trade have impacts on high school enrollment and completion that are theoretically ambiguous. Incentives to stay in school increase when employment prospects are weak, yet public resources for local schools may also shrink. This work demonstrates that, while high school enrollment rates increase significantly, high school degree attainment does not show commensurate growth. “Outmigration” of young adults and changes in the timing of degree receipt reconcile these measures. In addition, high school attainment effects are likely attenuated by declines in local resources per student.