Part-time Work, School Success and School Leaving

Christian Dustmann, Najma Rajah and Arthur van Soest ()
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Najma Rajah: Institute of Fiscsl Studies

Discussion Papers from University College London, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper analyses the labour supply decisions of a cohort of 16 year-olds who were born in 1958 in England and Wales. It traces through the effects of part-time employment by teenagers still in full-time education on subsequent academic performance and school leaving decisions within a three equation structural model. Our results show that part-time work, educational attainment and school leaving decisions are all related to each other. Our analysis examines the impact of a wide range of variables on these events. We find, for instance, that class size not only affects exam performance, but has also an impact on school leaving decisions.

Keywords: Teenage labour supply; educational attainment; training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C35 I20 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 1996-04
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