Browsing Geary Institute Working Papers by Author "LaFontaine, Paul A."

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The american high school graduation rate : trends and levels

Heckman, James J. ; LaFontaine, Paul A. (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-12-15)

This paper applies a unified methodology to multiple data sets to estimate both the levels and trends in U.S. high school graduation rates. We establish that (a) the true high school graduation rate is substantially lower ...
Taking the easy way out : how the GED testing program induces students to drop out

Heckman, James J. ; LaFontaine, Paul A. ; Rodriguez, Pedro L. (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-12-15)

We exploit an exogenous increase in General Educational Development (GED) testing requirements to determine whether raising the diffculty of the test causes students to finish high school rather than drop out and GED ...