research designs exploiting differences in school track admission rules at the end of primary school in Germany’s early ability …

research designs exploiting differences in school track admission rules at the end of primary school in Germany's early ability …

This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform that was introduced in one German state on high … school dropout. The reform increased the standards of the curriculum by reducing the freedom of choice in course selection … states, we identify the reform effect on students ́probability to graduate from high school. The results show that high …