Contributor(s)
Jacqui Motroni, Sheila Palma, Northeastern University - Center for Labor Market Studies
Abstract
This report is designed to provide the members of the Group as well as local public policymakers, educators, and the public at large with information on the labor market, income, health, family, criminal justice, and fiscal consequences of dropping out of high school in Boston and the state of Massachusetts as a whole. A wide array of measures of the labor market, income, crime,health, and other outcomes of high school dropouts and other educational groups are used to present our case.
Keywords
high school dropouts, employment analysis
Subject Categories
High school dropouts - Massachusetts
Disciplines
Labor Economics
Publisher
Northeastern University
Publication Date
1-2007
Rights Holder
Northeastern University
Permanent URL
Recommended Citation
Sum, Andrew; Khatiwada, Ishwar; McLaughlin, Joseph; and Tobar, Paulo, "An assessment of the labor market, income, health, social, civic and fiscal consequences of dropping out of high school: findings for Massachusetts adults in the 21st century" (2007). Center for Labor Market Studies Publications. Paper 2. http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d10015280
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Notes
This report was published in January 2007 and prepared for the Boston Youth Transition Funders Group, Boston, MA by the Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.