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The Effect of Employment While in High School on Educational Attainment: A Conditional Difference‐In‐Differences ApproachFranz BuschaUniversity of Westminster Arnaud MaurelDuke University - Department of Economics; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Lionel PageQueensland University of Technology - Judge Business School, University of Cambridge Stefan SpeckesserPolicy Studies Institute (PSI) June 2012 Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 74, Issue 3, pp. 380-396, 2012 Abstract: Using American panel data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, this article investigates the effect of working during grade 12 on attainment. We employ, for the first time in the related literature, a semiparametric propensity score matching approach combined with difference‐in‐differences. We address selection on both observables and unobservables associated with part‐time work decisions, without the need for instrumental variable. Once such factors are controlled for, little to no effects on reading and math scores are found. Overall, our results therefore suggest a negligible academic cost from part‐time working by the end of high school.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 17 JEL Classification: J24, J22, J21 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: May 3, 2012Suggested CitationContact Information
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