Arbeitspapier
On the efficiency costs of de-tracking secondary schools
During the postwar period, many countries have de-tracked their secondary schools, based on the view that early tracking was unfair. What are the efficiency costs, if any, of de-tracking schools? To answer this question, we develop a two skills - two jobs model with a frictional labour market, where new school graduates need to actively search for their best match. We compute optimal tracking length and the output gain/loss associated to the gap between actual and optimal tracking length. Using a sample of 18 countries, we find that: a) actual tracking length is often longer than optimal, which might call for some efficient de-tracking; b) the output loss of having a tracking length longer or shorter than optimal is sizeable, and close to 2 percent of total net output.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 2534
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Ariga, Kenn
Brunello, Giorgio
Iwahashi, Roki
Rocco, Lorenzo
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2006
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2008042961
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Ariga, Kenn
- Brunello, Giorgio
- Iwahashi, Roki
- Rocco, Lorenzo
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2006
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