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High School Grades as a Signal of Human Capita
Shazia
Rafiullah Miller
Abstract
This paper uses the High School and Beyond data on the sophomore
cohort to examine the effects of high school grades on long-term
earnings. It finds that high school grades do have a strong and
significant effect on earnings nine years after high school for
both men and women, those with and without bachelor's degrees, and
controlling for race/ethnicity, SES, region of the country, and
whether the high school is public or private. It also confirms other
findings of no or negative short-term effects of high school grades
on earnings. It argues that employers could use high school graduates'
grades to identify potential employees with higher productivity
as evidenced by these future higher earnings.
Shazia Rafiullah Miller, Graduate
Fellow, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
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