Arbeitspapier
Do Second Chances Pay Off? Evidence from a Natural Experiment with Low-Achieving Students
In several countries, students who fail end-of-high-school high-stakes exams are faced with the choice of retaking them or forgoing postsecondary education. We explore exogenous variation generated by a 2006 policy that imposed a performance threshold for admission into postsecondary education in Greece to estimate the effect of retaking exams on a range of outcomes. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design and novel administrative data, we find that low-achieving students who retake national exams improve their performance by half a standard deviation, but do not receive offers from higher quality postsecondary placements. The driving mechanism for these results stems from increased competition.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15139
Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Analysis of Education
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Analysis of Education
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Thema
postsecondary education admission
low-achieving students
exogenous policy
fuzzy regression discontinuity design
low-achieving students
exogenous policy
fuzzy regression discontinuity design
Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
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Bizopoulou, Aspasia
Megalokonomou, Rigissa
Simion, Stefania
Megalokonomou, Rigissa
Simion, Stefania
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2022
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:23 MESZ
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Bizopoulou, Aspasia
- Megalokonomou, Rigissa
- Simion, Stefania
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2022
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