This study compares the costs of vocational and comprehensive secondary education and the labor market performances of graduates of these two types of high schools who did not attend college. The measurements of the labor market performances are in terms of earnings and employment. The data were...

Abstract Objectives. This paper describes the methodology for estimating the present value of lifetime earnings (PVLE) for the year 2000. Methods. Estimation takes into account life expectancy by gender and age group, percent of people in the labor force or keeping house, current pattern of...