Is High School Employment Consumption or Investment?
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Christopher J Ruhm, Jefferson-Pilot Excellence Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This study examines how high school employment affects future
economic attainment. There is no indication that light to moderate
job commitments ever have a detrimental effect; instead, hours
worked during the senior grade are positively correlated with future
earnings, fringe benefits, and occupational status. These gains occur
even though employed seniors attain slightly less education than
their counterparts. The results are robust across a variety of specifications
and suggest that student employment increases net investments
in human capital particularly toward the end of high school
and for females.
Is High School Employment Consumption or Investment?
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 15, No. 4, October 1997, 735-776.
- Language: English
- Date: 1997
- Keywords
- High school employment, Future production, Economic attainment, Benefits, Education