Employment Status by Race, Gender, High School Curriculum & Special Need Classification Among US Youth

13 Pages Posted: 25 Jun 2010

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Ki Seok Jeon

Pennsylvania State University

Angela F. Kern

affiliation not provided to SSRN

David Passmore

Penn State; affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: June 25, 2010

Abstract

Research addressed the relative impact of vocational versus academic education on employment status. Data from the National Longitudinal Study Youth 1997 (NLSY97) was the primary source of information. The group of black, Hispanic & other ethnicity is less likely to be employed rather than non-black, non-Hispanic group. A student whose curriculum included a combination of vocational and academic curricula had a greater chance of being employed than those that participated in an academic only curriculum. The group of black, Hispanic and other ethnicity within the special need student is less likely to be employed rather than the group of black, Hispanic & other ethnicity in total population. The possibility of employment for this group is weakened by virtue of having a special need.

Keywords: Special Needs Students, Vocational Education

Suggested Citation

Jeon, Ki Seok and Kern, Angela F. and Passmore, David Lynn and Passmore, David Lynn, Employment Status by Race, Gender, High School Curriculum & Special Need Classification Among US Youth (June 25, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1628154 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1628154

Ki Seok Jeon

Pennsylvania State University ( email )

University Park
State College, PA 16802
United States

Angela F. Kern

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

David Lynn Passmore (Contact Author)

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Penn State ( email )

305D J. Orvis Keller Building
University Park, PA 16802-1303
United States
814.863-2583 (Phone)

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