CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROCESSES,UNCERTAINTY AND INVESTMENT DYNAMICS: EVIDENCE FOR THE BASQUE COUNTRY |
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| Authors: | Elda Pema Stephen Mehay |
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| Institution: | 1. Graduate School of Business and Public Policy , Naval Postgraduate School , Monterey, CA, USA epema@nps.edu;3. Graduate School of Business and Public Policy , Naval Postgraduate School , Monterey, CA, USA |
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| Abstract: | The Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is a high school program that combines classroom teaching with extracurricular activities. The program is located primarily in inner city schools and serves at‐risk students. Its goals are multidimensional and include military preparation and improving academic achievement. Using High School and Beyond data we find that the program’s effects depend on the timing and intensity of involvement. Test scores, graduation rates, and enlistments are higher for students who participate early in high school and for those who persist in the program. Conversely, we find few effects for students participating in the last two years of high school. |
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| Keywords: | JROTC High school achievement At‐risk youth Enlistments |
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