What Explains the Gender Gap in College Track Dropout? Experimental and Administrative Evidence

Ingvild Almås, Alexander Cappelen, Kjell G Salvanes, Erik Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden

American Economic Review, 2016, vol. 106, issue 5, 296-302

Abstract: We exploit a unique data set, combining rich experimental data with high-quality administrative data, to study dropout from the college track in Norway, and why boys are more likely to drop out. The paper provides three main findings. First, we show that family background and personal characteristics contribute to explain dropout. Second, we show that the gender difference in dropout rates appears both when the adolescents select into the college track and after they have started. Third, we show that different processes guide the choices of the boys and the girls of whether to drop out from the college track.

JEL-codes: I23 J12 J13 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
Note: DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20161075
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