The impact of adolescent employment on high school dropout: Differences by individual and labor-market characteristics

In this paper we address five questions. First, how do individual- and labor-market-level factors influence high school students’ paid employment behaviors? Second, to what extent is student employment associated with high school dropout net of these factors? Third, does the association between stud...

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Published in:Social science research 2003-03, Vol.32 (1), p.98-128
Main Authors: Robert Warren, John, Lee, Jennifer C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Dropouts
Employment
Employment Opportunities
High School Students
Labor Market
Labour market
School dropouts
Secondary schools
Social sciences
Social Work Research
Sociodemographic Characteristics
Teenagers
United States of America
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Summary:In this paper we address five questions. First, how do individual- and labor-market-level factors influence high school students’ paid employment behaviors? Second, to what extent is student employment associated with high school dropout net of these factors? Third, does the association between student employment and dropout vary by students’ race/ethnicity and other socio-demographic characteristics? Fourth, to what extent do local labor-market opportunities influence high school dropout? Fifth, does the association between student employment and high school dropout vary by local labor-market circumstances? Using data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 and the 1990 US Census, we find that several individual- and labor-market-level factors influence students’ employment behaviors; that adolescent employment and dropout are strongly associated, even after adjusting for individual- and labor-market-level factors; that this association does not vary by individual-level attributes; and that this association does not vary across labor markets. We end by describing two perspectives on the mechanisms linking adolescent employment and dropout.
ISSN:0049-089X
1096-0317
DOI:10.1016/S0049-089X(02)00021-2