Autore
Cappellari, Lorenzo

Titolo
The effects of high school choices on academic performance and early labour market outcomes.
Periodico
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale 'A. Avogadro' : Facoltà di Economia - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Metodi Quantitativi "SEMEQ" - Quaderni
Anno: 2003 - Volume: 03 - Fascicolo: 56 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 35

Using microdata on the 1995 cohort of Italian high school graduates, this paper studies the relationship between the type of high school attended (general versus technical; private versus public) and indicators of subsequent performance. Simultaneity issues that potentially bias this type of exercise are tackled by instrumental variables in a multivariate probabilistic framework. Results indicate that choices greatly depend upon the family of origin and prior school performance. General high schools are found to increase the probability of transition to university and to improve performance once at university. On the other hand, private high schools appear to be associated with lower academic performance. Technical schools improve the quality of the school-to-work transition, both in terms of employment probabilities and earnings.




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