School Quality, Exam Performance, and Career Choice

Christian Dustmann, N. Rajah and Arthur van Soest ()

Economics Working Papers from European University Institute

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of the school quality on performance in national exams and the career decision at age 16. We use micro data from UK, which provides a rich set of variables on parental background, previous achievements, and community variable. We find that, conditional on school type, the pupil-teacher ratio has no effect on examination performance. The pupil-teacher ratio has an effect on career decision at age 16 as to whether to remain in full time education beyond the minimum age.

Keywords: EDUCATION; TRAINING (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C35 J24 I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: Written 1998
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