Arbeitspapier

Noncognitive skills, school achievements and educational dropout

We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both, better school grades and higher noncognitive skills reduce the risk to become an educational dropout. The influence of school achievements on the dropout probability tends to decrease and the influence of noncognitive skills tends to increase with age.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 09-019

Classification
Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Subject
Noncognitive skills
school grades
secondary education
vocational training
Abbrecher
Kognition
Allgemeinbildende Schule
Berufsausbildung
Bildungsniveau
Bildungsertrag
Deutschland

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Coneus, Katja
Gernandt, Johannes
Saam, Marianne
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2009

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Coneus, Katja
  • Gernandt, Johannes
  • Saam, Marianne
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Time of origin

  • 2009

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