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Table 4.
Community College Enrollment and Employment Outcomes, by Gender
Employmentln(Earnings)
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Intensity of enrollment Men Women Men Women 
<15 credits −0.002 0.067 0.109 0.209 
 (0.047) (0.068) (0.155) (0.183) 
15 to 30 credits 0.072 0.007 0.503** 0.191 
 (0.047) (0.076) (0.164) (0.185) 
30 to 45 credits 0.013 −0.049 0.455** −0.001 
 (0.047) (0.078) (0.166) (0.236) 
45 to 60 credits −0.016 0.006 0.458** 0.148 
 (0.072) (0.085) (0.161) (0.211) 
More than 60 credits 0.025 0.006 0.462*** 0.159 
 (0.048) (0.067) (0.136) (0.157) 
Highest earned degree     
Associate's received 0.049 0.152* 0.157 0.098 
 (0.040) (0.067) (0.136) (0.144) 
Bachelor's received 0.092* 0.115* 0.093 0.132 
 (0.045) (0.048) (0.123) (0.118) 
High school fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Joint significance of earned credits (p-value of F-statistic) 0.500 0.948 0.004 0.806 
Joint significance of earned degrees (p-value of F-statistic) 0.125 0.022 0.474 0.504 
N 1,496 1,529 1,385 1,284 
R2 0.459 0.442 0.498 0.514 
Employmentln(Earnings)
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Intensity of enrollment Men Women Men Women 
<15 credits −0.002 0.067 0.109 0.209 
 (0.047) (0.068) (0.155) (0.183) 
15 to 30 credits 0.072 0.007 0.503** 0.191 
 (0.047) (0.076) (0.164) (0.185) 
30 to 45 credits 0.013 −0.049 0.455** −0.001 
 (0.047) (0.078) (0.166) (0.236) 
45 to 60 credits −0.016 0.006 0.458** 0.148 
 (0.072) (0.085) (0.161) (0.211) 
More than 60 credits 0.025 0.006 0.462*** 0.159 
 (0.048) (0.067) (0.136) (0.157) 
Highest earned degree     
Associate's received 0.049 0.152* 0.157 0.098 
 (0.040) (0.067) (0.136) (0.144) 
Bachelor's received 0.092* 0.115* 0.093 0.132 
 (0.045) (0.048) (0.123) (0.118) 
High school fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Joint significance of earned credits (p-value of F-statistic) 0.500 0.948 0.004 0.806 
Joint significance of earned degrees (p-value of F-statistic) 0.125 0.022 0.474 0.504 
N 1,496 1,529 1,385 1,284 
R2 0.459 0.442 0.498 0.514 

Notes: Standard errors in parentheses. All models control for respondent race, gender, potential labor market experience (quadratic), parental education, family income when in tenth grade, and performance on standardized reading and math assessments in high school. See text for details.

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.

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