Foley, Kelly; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Green, David A. - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010
-cognitive ability and the value that parents place on education. Our results support three main conclusions. First, cognitive ability at … age 15 has a substantial impact on dropping out. Second, parental valuation of education has an impact of approximately … of dropping out of approximately .03 if his parents place a high value on education but .36 if their education valuation …