Tag
dropout_drivers
3 findings
EducationLabor Market Opportunity Cost PullBroad expansion in low-skill formal export manufacturing jobs substantially raised the probability of quitting upper secondary school for youth on the dropout margin at age 16.Observational StudyEducationLiquidity Constraint Neutrality in Student Dropout DynamicsTargeted and untargeted cash scholarship interventions produced a precisely estimated null effect (0 percentage point impact) on high school graduation rates.RCTEducationNon-Academic Barriers in Higher Education42% of two-year public college starters drop out or fail to earn credentials within six years; 90% of debt defaulters leave without a degree; 71% cite full-time work requirements as the primary reason for dropping out.RCT