Is it good to be LATE? The impact of a preparatory program on upper secondary schooling

Jacob Arendt, Jane Greve and Mikkel Bergqvist

Economics of Education Review, 2019, vol. 68, issue C, 38-52

Abstract: The present study estimates the effect of a one-year preparatory program on the likelihood of completing upper secondary school in Denmark. We identify the effect using discontinuations of the program and add to the literature on multiple unordered treatments by suggesting approximations of the effect against a specific option (here 9th grade). Discontinuation significantly increases enrollment in and completion of high school education for students at the affected margins, which under LATE assumptions translates into a negative effect of the preparatory program. There is no effect on enrollment in and completion of a vocational education. Robustness and placebo analyses suggest that results cannot be explained by violations of LATE assumptions.

Keywords: Upper secondary schooling; Preparatory program; Years of schooling; Disadvantaged students; Instrumental variables; Treatment effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2018.11.001

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