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A Hazard Model of the Probability of Medical School Dropout in the United Kingdom

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  • Arulampalam, Wiji

    () (University of Warwick and IZA, Bonn)

  • Naylor, Robin A.

    (University of Warwick)

  • Smith, Jeremy P.

    (University of Warwick and IZA, Bonn)

Abstract

From individual-level longitudinal data for two entire cohorts of medical students in UK universities, we analyse the probability that an individual student will ‘drop out’ of medical school prior to the successful completion of their studies. We examine the cohort of students enrolling for a medical degree at the start of the academic years 1985 or 1986. We find evidence that medical student completion is influenced by measures of academic preparedness, sex, and age as well as by the characteristics of the medical school itself. On the basis of our results, we also comment on the construction of institutional performance indicators against the criterion of student dropout.

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Keywords: Medical students; student dropout (non-completion) probabilities; discrete time hazard; limited duration model; survival analysis;

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  1. Ours, J.C. van & Ridder, G., 1999. "Fast track or Failure: A Study of the Completion Rates of Graduate Students in Economics," Discussion Paper 1999-118, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
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  1. Gianna Boero & A. McKnight & Robin Naylor & J. Smith, 2001. "Graduates and graduate labour markets in the UK and Italy," Working Paper CRENoS 200111, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.
  2. Arulampalam, Wiji & Naylor, Robin & Smith, Jeremy, 2001. "Factors affecting the probability of first-year medical student dropout in the UK : a logistic analysis for the entry cohorts of 1980-1992," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 618, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
  3. Jakobsen, Vibeke & Rosholm, Michael, 2003. "Dropping out of School? A Competing Risks Analysis of Young Immigrants’ Progress in the Educational System," IZA Discussion Papers 918, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).

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