第二次机会有回报吗？来自成绩差学生自然实验的证据

IF 4.8 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105214

Aspasia Bizopoulou , Rigissa Megalokonomou , Ştefania Simion

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在一些国家，高中毕业时未能通过高考的学生面临着重考或放弃中学后教育的选择。我们探讨了希腊对中学后教育录取设置成绩门槛的政策所产生的外生变化，以估计重考对考试成绩的影响以及对录取质量的各种衡量标准。利用模糊回归不连续设计和新颖的行政数据，我们发现重考国家考试的低成绩学生的成绩提高了约 0.6 个标准差。我们还发现，由于成绩的提高和更大胆的重新申请选择，他们获得了更高质量的中学后录取通知书。

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Do second chances pay off? Evidence from a natural experiment with low-achieving students

In several countries, students who fail high-stakes exams at the end of high school are faced with the choice of retaking or forgoing postsecondary education. We explore exogenous variation generated by a policy that imposed a performance threshold for admission into postsecondary education in Greece to estimate the effect of retaking exams on the exam performance and various measures of the quality of received offers. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design and novel administrative data, we find that low-achieving students who retake national exams improve their performance by around 0.6 standard deviation. We also find that they obtain higher quality postsecondary offers, thanks to improved performance and more ambitious re-application choices.

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Journal of Public Economics ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

14.10

自引率

2.00%

发文量

139

审稿时长

70 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Public Economics aims to promote original scientific research in the field of public economics, focusing on the utilization of contemporary economic theory and quantitative analysis methodologies. It serves as a platform for the international scholarly community to engage in discussions on public policy matters.