Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272315 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1293
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
We estimate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on hidden drop-out, a new measure indicating failure in achieving the minimum level of skills considered to be adequate for a student getting the high school diploma. We exploit the exogenous variation induced by the pandemic by comparing two cohorts of students (one affected and the other unaffected), within the same school. We find that hidden drop-out increases by 8.6 percentage points; the effect is stronger for students with lower levels of prior achievement, from poorer families, but also for those emotionally disrupted during assessments, and for those disclosing lower educational aspirations.
Subjects: 
hidden drop-out
secondary education
school failure
COVID-19
JEL: 
I21
I24
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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