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Human Capital and Work in Restructuring Markets

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Fundamental Resource Dis/Advantages, Youth Health And Adult Educational Outcomes, Cheryl Elman, Linda Wray, Juan Xi Dec 2013

Fundamental Resource Dis/Advantages, Youth Health And Adult Educational Outcomes, Cheryl Elman, Linda Wray, Juan Xi

Cheryl Elman

Recent studies find lasting effects of poor youth health on educational attainment but use young samples and narrow life course windows of observation to explore outcomes. We apply a life course framework to three sets of Health and Retirement Study birth cohorts to examine early health status effects on education and skills attainment measured late in life. The older cohorts that we study were the earliest recipients of U.S. policies promoting continuing education through the GI Bill, community college expansions and new credentials such as the GED. We examine a wide range of outcomes but focus on GEDs, postsecondary school …


Lifelong Learning In The U.S. Context: Adult Educational Participation, On-The-Job Training And Implications For Employment, Nlsy79 Cohort, Cheryl Elman Dec 2013

Lifelong Learning In The U.S. Context: Adult Educational Participation, On-The-Job Training And Implications For Employment, Nlsy79 Cohort, Cheryl Elman

Cheryl Elman

No abstract provided.


The Midlife Years: Human Capital And Job Mobility, Cheryl Elman Dec 2010

The Midlife Years: Human Capital And Job Mobility, Cheryl Elman

Cheryl Elman

No abstract provided.