Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/152323 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 6
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Maastricht
Abstract: 
We evaluate the educational returns to General Educational Development (GED) certification using state administrative data. We use fuzzy regression discontinuity (FRD) methods to account for the fact that GED test takers can repeatedly retake the test until they pass it and the fact that test takers have to pass all five subtests before receiving the GED. We find that the GED increases the likelihood of postsecondary attendance and course completion substantially, but the GED impact on overall credits completed is modest: The GED causes an average increment of only two credits for men and six credits for women.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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