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Title: The Upward Trend in Womens College-going: The Role of Teenagers Anticipated Future Labor Force Attachment

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: Over the last several decades, womens rates of college attendance and completion, which used to be lower than mens, have grown to exceed mens rates by a considerable margin. Following work by Goldin, Katz, and Kuziemko (2006), this paper focuses on the role of teenagers anticipated labor force participation in explaining the upward trend in women's college-going. A simple formal model implies that individuals with more anticipated hours of work are more likely to invest in college education. My analysis using data from three National Longitudinal Surveys supports the theoretical implication. This finding, combined with the trend towards higher work anticipation of young women across birth cohorts, may account in part for the upward trends in women's college attendance and completion.

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Authors: Lee, Jin Young

Conference Name: Michigan State University Economic Seminars

Publisher Location: East Lansing, MI

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Gender

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