TY - JOUR
T1 - When work matters
T2 - The varying impact of work intensity on high school dropout
AU - Lee, Jennifer C.
AU - Staff, Jeremy
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - While the association between teenagers' work and academic performance continues to be debated in studies of adolescent employment, many researchers have found that "intensive" involvement in paid work increases the risk of high school dropout. It is still unclear, however, whether this relationship is spurious owing to preexisting differences in socioeconomic back-ground, school performance, aspirations, and orientations toward work and school. Using propensity- score matching techniques, the authors address this issue and assess variation in the effects of work hours on the probability of dropping out of high school. The results suggest that long hours on the job do not encourage high school dropout among all students.
AB - While the association between teenagers' work and academic performance continues to be debated in studies of adolescent employment, many researchers have found that "intensive" involvement in paid work increases the risk of high school dropout. It is still unclear, however, whether this relationship is spurious owing to preexisting differences in socioeconomic back-ground, school performance, aspirations, and orientations toward work and school. Using propensity- score matching techniques, the authors address this issue and assess variation in the effects of work hours on the probability of dropping out of high school. The results suggest that long hours on the job do not encourage high school dropout among all students.
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U2 - 10.1177/003804070708000204
DO - 10.1177/003804070708000204
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34250158732
VL - 80
SP - 158
EP - 178
JO - Sociology of Education
JF - Sociology of Education
SN - 0038-0407
IS - 2
ER -