Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/252263 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15139
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In several countries, students who fail end-of-high-school high-stakes exams are faced with the choice of retaking them or forgoing postsecondary education. We explore exogenous variation generated by a 2006 policy that imposed a performance threshold for admission into postsecondary education in Greece to estimate the effect of retaking exams on a range of outcomes. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design and novel administrative data, we find that low-achieving students who retake national exams improve their performance by half a standard deviation, but do not receive offers from higher quality postsecondary placements. The driving mechanism for these results stems from increased competition.
Subjects: 
postsecondary education admission
low-achieving students
exogenous policy
fuzzy regression discontinuity design
JEL: 
J16
I21
I23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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