Choosing Between School Systems

Hierarchical and comprehensive school systems are compared with respect to efficiency. At given ability, a student's probability of not completing school rises with increasing mean ability in class. Both school systems can yield identical average failure rates. Given that output losses in case of failure are stronger for more talented students, the comprehensive school system will generally lead to a higher total income.

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Meier, Volker
Publisher:	Munich : Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Subject:	Education \| school system

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Series:	CESifo Working Paper ; 389
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	757164404 [GVK] hdl:10419/75512 [Handle] RePec:ces:ceswps:_389 [RePEc]
Source:	EconStor

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