Tracking and specialization of high schools: heterogeneous effects of school choice

Olivier De Groote and Koen Declercq

No 18-958, TSE Working Papers from Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Abstract: We analyze the impact of choosing an elite school on high school graduation in an early tracking system in Flanders (Belgium). Elite schools offer only an academic track, while most other schools offer multiple tracks. On average, students experience a 3.3 percentage point increase in the likelihood of obtaining a degree. We find that the effects are heterogeneous. On average, students who self-select into elite schools do not experience an effect, while students who do not choose an elite school would experience positive effects. Our results can be explained by different tracking decisions in both types of schools.

Keywords: elite schools; early tracking; marginal treatment effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-09, Revised 2020-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-edu and nep-ure
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.tse-fr.eu/sites/default/files/TSE/docu ... /2018/wp_tse_958.pdf Full text (application/pdf)

Related works:
Journal Article: Tracking and specialization of high schools: Heterogeneous effects of school choice (2021)
Working Paper: Tracking and specialization of high schools: heterogeneous effects of school choice (2021)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:tse:wpaper:32967

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in TSE Working Papers from Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ().