‘Well if I drop out I’m still going to get the same income as everyone else.’ We can observe an experiment we're running in poor areas without jobs, inner city

‘Well if I drop out I’m still going to get the same income as everyone else.’ We can observe an experiment we're running in poor areas without jobs, inner city, deep south, appalachia, and around half the students will eventually graduate even if there's no vocational reward for anyone, grads or not.