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Increasing the admission rate to upper secondary school: the case of lower secondary school student career guidance

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  • Anders Hoest
  • Vibeke Myrup Jensen
  • Lisbeth Palmhoej Nielsen

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Although several studies investigate the effects of school resources on student performance, these studies tend to focus more on intervention effect sizes than on their cost-effectiveness. Exploiting policy-induced variation in Denmark and using high-quality administrative data, we investigate the effects of a school intervention that introduces structured student career guidance in lower secondary school on upper secondary school admission. Disregarding the sunk-cost of implementation, the reform was cost-neutral. In a difference-in-difference framework, we find that the reform increases admission to upper secondary school between 4.0 and 6.3 percentage points for immigrants, but shows at best small improvements for the native students.

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  • Anders Hoest & Vibeke Myrup Jensen & Lisbeth Palmhoej Nielsen, 2013. "Increasing the admission rate to upper secondary school: the case of lower secondary school student career guidance," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(3), pages 213-229, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:edecon:v:21:y:2013:i:3:p:213-229
    DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2013.789825
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    1. Gehrke, Esther & Lenel, Friederike & Schupp, Claudia, 2022. "Interest exploration and investments in education: Experimental evidence from Cambodia," OSF Preprints k6tqr, Center for Open Science.
    2. Fitzenberger Bernd & Hillerich-Sigg Annette & Sprietsma Maresa, 2020. "Different counselors, many options: Career guidance and career plans in secondary schools," German Economic Review, De Gruyter, vol. 21(1), pages 65-106, April.
    3. Lex Borghans & Bart H H Golsteyn & Anders Stenberg, 2015. "Does Expert Advice Improve Educational Choice?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(12), pages 1-28, December.
    4. Esther Gehrke & Friederike Lenel & Claudia Schupp, 2023. "Occupational Aspirations and Investments in Education: Experimental Evidence from Cambodia," CESifo Working Paper Series 10608, CESifo.

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