British secondary schools moved from a system of extensive and early selection and tracking in secondary schools to one with comprehensive schools during the 1960s and 70s. Before the reform, students would take an exam at age eleven, which determined whether they would attend an academically...

We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both,...

Obwohl viel über Personen mit fehlenden Bildungsabschlüssen diskutiert wird, gibt es für Deutschland bislang keinen umfassenden Bericht über Jugendliche, die die Schule ohne Abschluss verlassen. Diese Studie schließt diese Lücke. Sie gibt einen Einblick über die zeitliche und regionale...

We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both,...

The proportion of students who do not graduate from high school is dramatically higher among the two largest minority groups, Hispanics and African-Americans, compared to non-Hispanic whites. In this paper we utilize unique student-level data from the Texas Schools Microdata Panel (TSMP) in an...

The General Educational Development (GED) credential is issued on the basis of an eight hour subject-based test. The test claims to establish equivalence between dropouts and traditional high school graduates, opening the door to college and positions in the labor market. In 2008 alone, almost...

Mit der Einführung einer "Ausbildung bis 18" soll der Anteil der frühen AusbildungsabbrecherInnen (FABA) reduziert und die Zahl der Bildungsabschlüsse in Österreich erhöht werden. Der vorliegende Bericht stellt die Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Grundlagenanalysen dar, die vom Institut...

The paper looks at secondary school attendance and grade retention after 8th grade in Hungary. It makes use of panel data of the Hungarian Life Course Survey from 2006 through 2009. Three and a half years after finishing 8th grade, ninety per cent of the children are in school, three quarters on...