Cabus, Sofie J.; Witte, Kristof De - In: Applied Economics Letters 22 (2015) 4, pp. 266-271
School absenteeism (or truancy) may be a signal of an ongoing process of student attrition that eventually leads to early school leaving. This article estimates how unauthorized school absenteeism accelerates the dropout decision. In particular, the timing of the dropout decision of truants is...