Educational Choices and the Selection Process: Before and after Compulsory Schooling

Autor/in	Mocetti, Sauro
Titel	Educational Choices and the Selection Process: Before and after Compulsory Schooling
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 20 (2012) 2, S.189-209 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
DOI	10.1080/09645291003726434
Schlagwörter	School Choice; Dropouts; Family Characteristics; Public Education; Socioeconomic Status; Failure; Compulsory Education; Secondary School Students; Predictor Variables; Data Analysis; Statistical Data; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Social Differences; Performance Factors; Barriers; Competitive Selection; Educational Supply; Labor Market; Case Records; Achievement Need; Educational Quality; Social Influences; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Öffentliche Erziehung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Schulpflicht; Sekundarschüler; Prädiktor; Auswertung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sozialer Unterschied; Leistungsindikator; Bildungsangebot; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Case reports; Fallsammlung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Sozialer Einfluss; Schulleistung; Ausland; Italien
Abstract	The aim of this paper is to analyze the selection process at work before and after compulsory schooling by assessing the determinants of school failures, dropouts, and upper secondary school decisions of young Italians. The data-set is built combining individual data by the Labor Force Survey and aggregate data on local labor markets and school supply by the Italian National Statistic Institute and the Minister of Public Education, respectively. Our results show that school failure (i.e., repetition of a year) is highly correlated with the family background, and it strongly affects later choices. Early school leaving and the upper secondary school choice are mainly a reflection of the parents' socioeconomic status. The effectiveness of the educational system when narrowing the failure risk and the scholastic outflow relies on the widespread adoption of full-time attendance in compulsory school, the quality of the school infrastructures, and the fewer teachers with temporary contracts. (Contains 7 tables and 20 notes.) (As Provided).
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