@techreport{Cappellari2004High,
abstract = {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. Results indicate that the type
of high school attended greatly depends 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 participation and
employment probabilities.},
author = {Lorenzo Cappellari},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {C35; J24; I21; 330; high school types; academic and economic performance; endogeneity; Allgemeinbildende Schule; Absolventen; Bildungsniveau; Berufseinstieg; Technologie; Sch\"{a}tzung; Italien},
language = {eng},
number = {1048},
title = {High School Types, Academic Performance and Early Labour Market Outcomes},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20283},
year = {2004}
}
