RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 An endogenous analysis of early school leaving in spain: the role of gender and regional inequalities
A1 Bayón‐Calvo, Siro
A1 Lucas‐García, Jezabel
A1 Gómez‐García, Rogelio
K1 early school leaving
K1 school dropout
K1 educational inequality
K1 gender differences
K1 regional inequalities
K1 Spain
K1 secondary education
AB Early school leaving is a major social problem and a socio-political priority in knowledge-based societies, especially in southern European countries that have a tendency for comparatively high dropout rates. The literature has focused strongly on the exogenous factors that cause students to leave school early. Meanwhile, endogenous factors, such as scholastic performance, educational attainment or the holistic needs of students are also important to consider. Early school leaving represents the culmination of a process of disengagement; this article analyses some of the endogenous factors behind it. To this end, we compare early school leaving with educational results from previous stages. We focus on regional and gender inequalities in Spain, where early school leaving rates are the highest in the European Union. The results confirm the correlation between weak scholastic performance and early school leaving. They also reveal that regional and gender imbalances persist.
PB John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Wiley)
SN 0141-8211
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/81592
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/81592
LA eng
NO European Journal of Education, 56(3), 482–495
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 13-feb-2026