Do Students Care about School Quality? Determinants of Dropout Behavior in Developing Countries

Autor/inn/en	Hanushek, Eric A.; Lavy, Victor; Hitomi, Kohtaro
Institution	University of Arkansas, Education Working Paper Archive
Titel	Do Students Care about School Quality? Determinants of Dropout Behavior in Developing Countries
Quelle	(2007), (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Dropouts; Foreign Countries; Attendance; Educational Quality; Developing Nations; Correlation; Elementary School Students; Academic Persistence; Decision Making; Enrollment Trends; Dropout Research; Student Characteristics; Rural Urban Differences; Academic Achievement; Outcomes of Education; Parent Influence; Egypt + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Ausland; Anwesenheit; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Korrelation; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Schulleistung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ägypten
Abstract	School quality and grade completion by students are shown to be directly linked, leading to very different perspectives on educational policy in developing countries. Unique panel data on primary school age children in Egypt permit estimation of behavioral models of school leaving. Students perceive differences in school quality, measured as expected achievement improvements in a given school, and act on it. Specifically, holding constant the student's own ability and achievement, a student is much less likely to remain in school if attending a low quality school rather than a high quality school. This individually rationale behavior suggests that common arguments about a trade-off between quality and access to schools may misstate the real issue and lead to public investment in too little quality. Further, because of this behavioral linkage, there is an achievement bias such that common estimates of rates of return to years of school will be overstated. The paper demonstrates the analytical importance of employing output-based measures of school quality. (Contains 29 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10