RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Does Enrollment Lead to Completion?
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 755
OP 782
DO 10.3368/jhr.59.1.0121-11408
VO 58
IS 3
A1 Burga, Ramiro
A1 Turner, Sarah
YR 2023
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/58/3/755.abstract
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.