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Hétérogénéité des raisons d’abandons scolaire : l’impact des anticipations, des opportunités et des capacités cognitives des élèves en Tunisie

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  • Mohamed Ayadi
  • Claude Montmarquette

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Drawing on Montmarquette, Voennot-Brio and Dagenais (2007), we consider a model of school dropout where students differ in terms of their motivations and expectations of the consequences of continuing their studies and obtaining a diploma. We will analyze a multinomial choice situation where we identify four types of dropout versus continuation decisions. We use data from the SWTS survey (2013) which provides information on the transition from school to work in Tunisia. We show that the main determinant of school failure is belonging to a poor region, with the risk increasing if the student shows a lack of interest in studies or suffers from the mother's low education and inactivity. If these three conditions are met, the likelihood of leaving school to marry at an early age and accepting a job below one's ambitions increases, as students feel that access to school is no longer an obvious factor for upward mobility. The inconsistency between the objectives of the school system and those of the job market accentuates students' pessimism and encourages them to leave school without a diploma or qualification. En s’inspirant de Montmarquette, Voennot-Brio et Dagenais (2007), nous considérons un modèle d’abandon scolaire où des élèves différent sous le double rapport des motivations et des anticipations des retombés du prolongement du cursus scolaire et de l’obtention d’un diplôme de fin d’études. Nous analyserons une situation de choix multinomial où nous identifions quatre types de décisions d’abandon versus la continuation des études. Nous utilisons les données de l’enquête SWTS (2013) qui procure des informations sur la transition de l’école vers la vie active en Tunisie. Nous montrons que le principal déterminant de l’échec scolaire est l’appartenance à une région pauvre, le risque s’accentuant si l’élève montre une absence d’intérêt pour les études ou pâtit de la faible éducation de la mère et de son inactivité. Si ces trois conditions sont réunies, la probabilité de quitter l’école pour se marier à un âge précoce et l’acceptation d’un emploi en dessous de ses ambitions s’accroît, les élèves estimant alors que l’accès à l’école n’est plus un facteur évident d’ascension sociale. L’incohérence entre les objectifs du système scolaire et celles du marché de l’emploi accentue le pessimisme des élèves et les incitent à abandonner les bancs de l’école sans diplôme et sans qualification.

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  • Mohamed Ayadi & Claude Montmarquette, 2022. "Hétérogénéité des raisons d’abandons scolaire : l’impact des anticipations, des opportunités et des capacités cognitives des élèves en Tunisie," CIRANO Working Papers 2022s-10, CIRANO.
  • Handle: RePEc:cir:cirwor:2022s-10
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    1. Bouhari, Mohamed & Kriaa, Farouk, 2018. "Characterizing the school-to-work transitions of young men and women in Tunisia," Economics, Management and Sustainability, "SciView.Net" Scientific Platform, issue 2, pages 85-106.
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