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Title: The high school economics graduation requirement: A survival analysis of state decision making
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2013
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Abstract: Economic literacy in our modern society is becoming a core requirement. In the United States, beginning in 1976, some states started requiring a course in economics to graduate from high school. By 2011, twenty-four states had adopted this requirement. This paper uses survival analysis regressions to examine the determinants of a state legislature's decision to adopt a high school economics graduation mandate. Key state characteristics considered important to this decision are categorized as stemming from political, budgetary, economic, demographic, educational, poverty or economic insecurity and geographic considerations. I find that budgetary, economic, and political variables are related to shorter years of waiting to adopt the legislation among otherwise similar states.
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Authors: Webber, Jonathan S.
Institution: California State University, Fullerton
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Education
Countries: United States