The Effect of Grade Retention on Secondary School Performance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

We study the effects of grade retention on secondary school performance by considering a change in Colombia's educative legislation. In 2010, the rule that forced schools to retain up to a 5% of students was abolished. Exploiting variation in schools' retention rates in a difference-in-dif...

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Main Author:	Sequeda, Maria Ferreira Golsteyn, Bart Parra-Cely, Sergio
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Place of publication:	Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) 18.06.2018
Data of publication:	2018-06-18
Dewey Decimal Classification:	330
Discipline:	Economics Education
Subjects:	difference-in-differences Colombia i20 - Education and Research Institutions: General education 2 International i24 - Education and Inequality retention j24 - "Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity"
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	OpenAIRE (Open Access) OpenAIRE Database information Databases - DBIS