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Title: Dropping Out and Clocking In: A Portrait of Teens Who Leave School Early and Work
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Publication Year: 2015
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Abstract: Staying in school and graduating from high school is vital to young people's life chances. Research shows that completing high school not only increases lifetime earnings and the odds of successful experiences with college and career, but also decreases involvement with the criminal justice system (Bailey and Dynarski 2011; Carnevale, Rose, and Cheah 2013; Natsuaki, Ge, and Wenk 2008). In recent years, much of the policy conversation around mitigating the dropout crisis, particularly for low-income communities of color, has focused on disconnected youth, defined as young people who are not in school and not working (Shore and Shore 2009). However, another group of teens often falls under the radar: youth who are working and not in school.
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Authors: Scott, Molly M; Zhang, Simone; Koball, Heather
Publisher: Urban Institute
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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