Which factors determine academic performance of Economics freshers? Some Spanish evidence

Juan J. Dolado and Eduardo Morales
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Eduardo Morales: Harvard University

Investigaciones Economicas, 2009, vol. 33, issue 2, pages 179-210

Abstract: This paper analyses the impact of several factors potentially a􀀞ecting academic performance of first-year undergraduates (freshers) in Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid during 2002-2005. Outcomes are the grades obtained in three core subjects which di􀀞er substantially in their requirements of math skills. Our main finding is that those students who completed a technical track at high school tend to perform much better in math-intensive subjects than those who followed a social sciences track and that the latter do not perform better in subjects where prior training in economics is bound to be helpful.

Keywords: Academic performance; pre-university determinants; selection biases; quantile regressions. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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