Positive Outcomes from Poor Starts: Predictors of Dropping Back In

Autor/inn/en	Hill, Lauren E.; Jepsen, Christopher
Titel	Positive Outcomes from Poor Starts: Predictors of Dropping Back In
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 26 (2007) 5, S.588-603 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.04.004
Schlagwörter	Economically Disadvantaged; Probability; Outcomes of Education; Educational Objectives; Mothers; Dropouts; Labor Market; Adolescents; Longitudinal Studies; Hispanic American Students; Asian Americans + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Mother; Mutter; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA
Abstract	A vast body of research finds an association between missteps taken during the teen years (such as motherhood or dropping out of high school) and poor economic and educational outcomes. However, youth who take major missteps as teens often have subsequent success in school or the labor market. This paper attempts to draw lessons from youth who appear headed for a poor start in life, yet manage to have a positive economic or educational outcome by their early 20s. Using National Educational Longitudinal Survey (NELS), we provide one of the first longitudinal analyses of well-being for teen mothers and high school dropouts that includes a nationally-representative population of Hispanic and Asian youth. In general, the predictors of positive outcomes are similar for those with high probabilities of poor starts as for the general population. A few high-school-age behaviors and community measures have additional associations with positive outcomes for likely poor starters. However, these correlates do not appear for all groups of likely poor starters, and they are not always in the expected direction. (Author).
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