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An Assessment Of The Labor Market, Income, Health, Social, And Fiscal Consequences Of Dropping Out Of High School: Findings For Illinois Adults In The 21st Century, Andrew Sum, Ishwar Khatiwada, Joseph Mclaughlin, Paulo Tobar
An Assessment Of The Labor Market, Income, Health, Social, And Fiscal Consequences Of Dropping Out Of High School: Findings For Illinois Adults In The 21st Century, Andrew Sum, Ishwar Khatiwada, Joseph Mclaughlin, Paulo Tobar
Andrew Sum
This report is an employment analysis that will be complemented by an examination of the annual earnings of Illinois adults (18-64) by educational attainment in 2005 with separate breakouts of the data for men and women, and comparisons of the findings for Illinois with those for the entire U.S. The findings are based on a wide array of data sources on Illinois adults for varying time periods. It begins with an overview of the sources of the data underlying all of the estimates appearing in this paper. This discussion will be followed by an examination of the employment experiences of …
State And Local Fiscal Consequences Of High School Dropout Problems In Massachusetts, Joseph Mclaughlin, Andrew Sum, Ishwar Khatiwada
State And Local Fiscal Consequences Of High School Dropout Problems In Massachusetts, Joseph Mclaughlin, Andrew Sum, Ishwar Khatiwada
Andrew Sum
This paper is designed to identify and estimate some of the most important fiscal impacts of high school dropouts on both the Massachusetts state budget and property tax receipts at the local level in recent years. At the state level, we will estimate annual tax payments by 18-64 year old adults in selected educational attainment groups for each of the following three tax revenue sources: the state personal income tax, state sales taxes, and unemployment insurance/worker compensation taxes. For governments at the local level, the most important source of tax revenue is the property tax. Using data from the 2005 …
The Fiscal Economic Consequences Of Dropping Out Of High School: Estimates Of The Tax Payments And Transfers Received By Massachusetts Adults In Selected Educational Subgroups, Ishwar Khatiwada, Joseph Mclaughlin, Andrew Sum
The Fiscal Economic Consequences Of Dropping Out Of High School: Estimates Of The Tax Payments And Transfers Received By Massachusetts Adults In Selected Educational Subgroups, Ishwar Khatiwada, Joseph Mclaughlin, Andrew Sum
Andrew Sum
Adults who leave school before graduating from high school with a regular diploma will experience a wide array of adverse labor market, economic, health, and social consequences over their entire lifetime. They will be employed less often, receive lower hourly wages, and earn far less than their better educated peers over their working lives. As a result of their higher levels of joblessness and lower annual incomes, adult dropouts will pay less in payroll and income taxes (state and federal) and receive considerably more cash and in-kind transfer assistance (food stamps, Medicaid health insurance, rental subsidies) from the state and …
National Teen Summer Employment Rate Drops To New Low, Summer 2007 Lowest June-July Employment Rate For Teens In Post-World War Ii History, Black And Low Income Teens Face Bleakest Job Prospects, Andrew Sum, Joseph Mclaughlin
National Teen Summer Employment Rate Drops To New Low, Summer 2007 Lowest June-July Employment Rate For Teens In Post-World War Ii History, Black And Low Income Teens Face Bleakest Job Prospects, Andrew Sum, Joseph Mclaughlin
Andrew Sum
The labor market for the teens of the nation weakened considerably during the first six months of this year despite continued employment growth for older working age adults. The seasonally adjusted teen employment rate during the January-June period of 2007 was nearly two full percentage points below its value during the same six month period in 2006. Based on the weakening job prospects for teens, earlier this year, the Center for Labor Market Studies of Northeastern University projected that the summer job market (June-August) for the teens of the nation would likely be tied for the post-World War II historical …