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Download full textRivera-Batiz, Francisco L. – 1995
This digest analyzes information from two recently completed national surveys to determine the extent to which various vocational education programs improve employment opportunities in the United States. The impact of a General Educational Development (GED) certificate on workers' wages is also analyzed. Data are from the 1992 National Adult…
Descriptors: Adults, Dropouts, Employment Opportunities, Ethnic Groups
Sum, Andrew; And Others – 1996
Over the past 2 decades, the inflation-adjusted median weekly earnings of full-time employed males and females decreased by 31% and 13%, respectively, and the deterioration in the real weekly earnings of young adults (ages 18-24) shows no signs of abatement. Male high school dropouts and graduates with no postsecondary schooling experienced the…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
