abstract: 'We estimate the effect that dropping out of high school has on 8

  outcomes pertaining to wages, employment and subsequent skill

  acquisition for youths. Our analysis is based on the older cohort of the

  Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) for 2003, an ideal data set because it

  contains a rich array of outcome measures and characteristics on

  individuals when they are in high school and a few years later. Our

  analysis indicates that dropouts have poorer wage and employment

  outcomes, and they do not make up for their lack of education through

  additional skill acquisition and training. The analysis thereby suggests

  that policies to curb dropping out could have both desirable efficiency

  effects (high returns) as well as distributional effects (high returns

  to otherwise more disadvantaged groups) and potential social spillover

  effects.'
affiliation: 'Gunderson, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Toronto, Dept Econ,Inst Human
  Dev Life Course \& Aging, CIBC Chair Youth Employment,Ctr Ind Relat \& Human, Sch
  Publ Policy \& Governance,Ctr Int Studies, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada.

  Gunderson, Morley, Univ Toronto, Dept Econ,Inst Human Dev Life Course \& Aging,
  CIBC Chair Youth Employment,Ctr Ind Relat \& Human, Sch Publ Policy \& Governance,Ctr
  Int Studies, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada.

  Fang, Tony, York Univ, Sch Adm Studies, Toronto, ON M3J 2R7, Canada.

  Campolieti, Michele, Univ Toronto, Ctr Ind Relat \& Human Resources, Dept Management,
  Toronto, ON, Canada.'
author: Campolieti, Michele and Fang, Tony and Gunderson, Morley
author-email: morley.gunderson@utoronto.ca
author_list:
- family: Campolieti
  given: Michele
- family: Fang
  given: Tony
- family: Gunderson
  given: Morley
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s12122-009-9074-5
eissn: 1936-4768
files: []
issn: 0195-3613
journal: JOURNAL OF LABOR RESEARCH
keywords: 'Dropouts; Skill acquisition; Youth in transition survey; Youth

  employment'
keywords-plus: MINIMUM-WAGE IMPACTS; EDUCATION; RETURNS; CANADA
language: English
month: MAR
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '48'
pages: 39-52
papis_id: ef56efb8881663139d484902a4de43c8
ref: Campolieti2010labourmarket
times-cited: '21'
title: Labour Market Outcomes and Skill Acquisition of High-School Dropouts
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000275540900003
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '10'
volume: '31'
web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor
year: '2010'