Arbeitspapier
Schools, ability, and the socioeconomic gradient in education choices
This paper provides evidence on the socioeconomic gradient in dropout and progression in upper secondary education in Norway. Using a rich data set covering all students transferring from compulsory education to upper secondary education in 2002, we find that student achievement at the end of compulsory school is the main predictor of dropout and delayed progression. The socioeconomic gradient is sensitive to the inclusion of prior achievement in the model. We find that the gradient is modest and non-linear, and related to dropout behavior and not grade repetition. The results are remarkably robust to controlling for a full set of school fixed effects.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 3313
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Publicly Provided Private Goods
Education and Research Institutions: General
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Subject
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high school dropout
socioeconomic gradient
student achievement
Abbrecher
Schule
Sozialer Status
Norwegen
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Falch, Torberg
Strøm, Bjarne
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
- (where)
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Munich
- (when)
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2011
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Falch, Torberg
- Strøm, Bjarne
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Time of origin
- 2011
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