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Does anybody notice? On the impact of improved truancy reporting on school dropout

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  • Kristof De Witte
  • Marton Csillag

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Various policy measures have been taken in industrialized countries to reduce school dropout rates. This paper first examines the relationship between truancy and school dropout. Using fixed effects regressions and controlling for truancy peer group effects, we observe that truancy (measured as both a discrete dummy variable and a continuous count measure) positively correlates to early school leaving. A truant has a 3.4 percentage points higher risk of leaving school without a qualification. Second, we exploit the introduction of truancy reporting in a quasi-experimental identification strategy. In essence, the idea is straightforward: if students are better monitored with respect to truancy, schools can identify more easily students at risk. The results indicate that improved truancy reporting significantly reduces school dropout by 5 percentage points.

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  • Kristof De Witte & Marton Csillag, 2014. "Does anybody notice? On the impact of improved truancy reporting on school dropout," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(6), pages 549-568, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:edecon:v:22:y:2014:i:6:p:549-568
    DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2012.672555
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    1. Katharina Heisig & Julia Sonnenburg, 2017. "Schulabgänger ohne Abschluss: Wodurch lassen sich die Unterschiede zwischen Ost und Westdeutschland erklären?," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 24(06), pages 07-13, December.
    2. repec:ces:ifodre:v:24:y:2017:i:6:p:07-13 is not listed on IDEAS
    3. Enrico Ripamonti & Stefano Barberis, 2018. "The Effect of Cultural Capital on High School Dropout: An Investigation in the Italian Provinces," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 139(3), pages 1257-1279, October.

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