RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Assessing regional performance against early school leaving in Spain
A1 Bayón Calvo, Siro
A1 Corrales Herrero, María Elena
A1 De Witte, Kristof
K1 Education policy
K1 Early school leaving
K1 Matching analysis
K1 Regional inequality
AB As early school leaving has been shown to have a substantial impact on later life outcomes, it has received considerable attention in policy debates. However, national and regional differences in early school leaving are not necessarily due to differences in policymaking but might be the consequence of underlying differences in the economic and social structure of a region. This paper develops a procedure to account for regional differences in assessing performance in regard to early school leaving. The application focusses on Spain, which has a high rate of early school leaving and significant differences between regions. The results show that most regional differences can be attributed to population composition. However, three regions perform better once population characteristics are accounted for.
PB Elsevier
SN 0883-0355
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/70227
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/70227
LA eng
NO International Journal of Educational Research, 2020, v. 99, article 101515
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 04-abr-2025