Arbeitspapier
The effects of increasing the standards of the high school curriculum on school dropout
This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform that was introduced in one German state on high school dropout. The reform increased the standards of the curriculum by reducing the freedom of choice in course selection (amongst other things) resulting in an increase in the level and the weekly teaching hours in the subjects German, a foreign language, mathematics and natural sciences. Using a quasi-experimental evaluation design exploiting variation across time and states, we identify the reform effect on students' probability to graduate from high school. The results show that high school dropout rates have increased for males and females alike. However, the effect for males vanishes two years after reform implementation, while it remains persistent for females even after three years.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Diskussionsbeiträge ; No. 2015/1
Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Microeconomic Policy: Formulation, Implementation, and Evaluation
Analysis of Education
Education: Government Policy
Microeconomic Policy: Formulation, Implementation, and Evaluation
Analysis of Education
Education: Government Policy
Thema
high school curriculum reform
high school dropout
school performance
high school dropout
school performance
Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Görlitz, Katja
Gravert, Christina
Gravert, Christina
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
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Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
(wo)
Berlin
(wann)
2015
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:24 MESZ
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Görlitz, Katja
- Gravert, Christina
- Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
Entstanden
- 2015
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