‘Gymnasium', as this school track starts at a very early age and opens the way to an academic career. The database is the German … after primary school. In a second step, we model dropping-out of ‘Gymnasium' in the following years. Students are more …, the influence of social origins seems to be weaker here than during the decision to enter this school type. We also find …

This study focuses on school choice processes and how they contribute to ethnic school segregation. The starting point … is a heuristic framework on school selection decisions with a sequence of three stages: the perception of school … alternatives, the evaluation of these alternatives, and eventually school access. In a step-by-step investigation of these stages …

Without a school degree, students can have difficulty in the labor market. To improve the lives of upper …-secondary school dropouts, German states instituted a school reform that awarded an interim degree to high-track students upon … completion of Grade 9. Using retrospective spell data on school and labor market careers from the National Educational Panel …