van Elk, Roel; van der Steeg, Marc; Webbink, Dinand - In: Economics of Education Review 30 (2011) 5, pp. 1009-1021
This paper investigates the effect of the timing of tracking on completion of higher education by exploiting unique variation from the Dutch education system. At the age of 12 Dutch students can enrol in tracked schools or in comprehensive schools. The comprehensive schools postpone enrolment...