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| Titre : | Learning about Academic Ability and the College Dropout Decision (2012) |
| Auteurs : | Todd Stinebrickner ; Ralph Stinebrickner |
| Type de document : | Article : document électronique |
| Dans : | Journal of Labor Economics (vol. 30, number 4, October 2012) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 707-748 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ ABANDON DES ETUDES ; ORIGINE SOCIALE ; ENSEIGNEMENT TECHNIQUE-PROFESSIONNEL ; MODELISATION ; CANADA |
| Résumé : | Research examining the educational attainment of low-income students has often focused on financial factors such as credit constraints. We use unique longitudinal data to provide direct evidence about a prominent alternative explanation—that departures from school arise as students learn about their academic ability or grade performance. Examining college dropout, we find that this explanation plays a very prominent role; our simulations indicate that dropout between the first and second years would be reduced by 40% if no learning occurred about grade performance/academic ability. The article also contributes directly to the understanding of gender differences in educational attainment. (Journal of Labor Economics) |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
| En ligne : | http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/666525 |
