We examine the effect of attending stand-alone technical high schools in Connecticut using regression discontinuity. Male students are 10 percentage points more likely to graduate from high school and have half a semester less time enrolled in college. Male students have 32% higher average quarterly earnings. Earnings effects may in part reflect…

We examine the effect of admission to 16 stand-alone technical high schools within the Connecticut Technical High School System (CTHSS) on student educational and labor market outcomes. To identify the causal effect of admission on student outcomes, we exploit the fact that CTHSS utilizes a score-based admissions system and identify the effect of…

During the past five years, student enrollments in Connecticut have declined by approximately 17%. Recent State Department of Education projections indicate that the decline can be expected to continue and become more evident in the high schools through 1989. Continuing declines in both enrollment and available resources raise questions about the…