RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 High School Employment and Youths' Academic Achievement
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 194
OP 213
DO 10.3368/jhr.XLII.1.194
VO XLII
IS 1
A1 Rothstein, Donna S.
YR 2007
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XLII/1/194.abstract
AB This paper asks whether employment during high school impacts youths' grade point average. Unlike much of the prior literature, it allows for the endogeneity of the hours and dropout decisions, uses ASVAB test scores, and tests whether youth employment is dynamic. The results indicate that high school employment and its lag have small, negative impacts on academic grade point average for both males and females. The hours effects diminish when a fixed person effect is included, and they become statistically insignificant when hours are instrumented.