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Download full textHills, Stephen M.; De Souza, Gita – 1993
The economic returns of taking math and science courses in high school are estimated for women who do not go on to college and for women entrepreneurs. A human capital model is used to estimate returns for respondents drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey's New Youth Cohort. Wage rates in 1990 of women who were ages 14-21 in 1979 were…
Descriptors: Females, High Schools, Higher Education, Mathematics Education
Rumberger, Russell W.; Daymont, Thomas N. – 1982
This study examines whether differences in high school curricula lead to differences in labor market opportunities for persons who complete 10 to 12 years of schooling and acquire no postsecondary training. Data were gathered beginning in 1979 from a national longitudinal survey of youth. Researchers studied detailed information on coursework…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities, General Education
