School-to-Career Programs and Transitions to Employment and Higher Education

Public Policy Institute of California Working Paper No. 2003.22

Posted: 8 Oct 2003

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David Neumark

University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Donna S. Rothstein

United States Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Date Written: August 2003

Abstract

The 1994 Federal School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA) provided more than $1.5 billion over five years to support increased career preparation activities in the country's public schools. However, the STWOA was not reauthorized, so state governments face decisions about levels of funding support for school-to-career (STC) programs. Coupled with the availability of a new longitudinal data source with rich information on STC programs - the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97) - it is therefore an opportune time to study the effectiveness of STC programs. This paper uses the NLSY97 to assess the effects of STC programs on transitions to employment and higher education among youths leaving high school, with a focus on estimating the causal effects of this participation given possible non-random selection of youths into STC programs.

Keywords: School-to-career, school-to-work, education, employment

JEL Classification: I2, J24, J63

Suggested Citation

Neumark, David and Rothstein, Donna S., School-to-Career Programs and Transitions to Employment and Higher Education (August 2003). Public Policy Institute of California Working Paper No. 2003.22, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=448840

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