Why Do Some Young Adults Not Graduate from Upper Secondary School? On the Importance of Signals of Labour Market Failure

Björn Anders Gustafsson (), Katarina Katz () and Torun Österberg ()
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Björn Anders Gustafsson: Göteborg University
Katarina Katz: Karlstad University
Torun Österberg: University of Gothenburg

No 9886, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: In high-income countries, not completing secondary school often entails a high risk of social exclusion. Using data on young adults born in 1985 that grew up in metropolitan Sweden, we study factors associated with not graduating from upper secondary school at age 21. Our hypothesis is that if a young person sees examples of people who are not able to earn a living despite having a long education, such negative examples are influential. Results from estimated logistic models are consistent with the hypothesis.

Keywords: social exclusion; Sweden; secondary schooling; neighbourhoods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D64 I24 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2016-04
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Published - published in: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2017, 61 (6), 701 - 720

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