A summary of the report: "Does making upper secondary school more comprehensive affect dropouts rates, educational attainment and earnings? Evidence from a Swedish pilot scheme". It evaluates the effects of the introduction of a more comprehensive upper secondary school system in Sweden in the 1990s. The reform reduced the differences between the academic and vocational educational tracks through prolonging and substantially increasing the academic content of all vocational tracks. The effects of this policy change are identified by exploiting a six year pilot scheme, which preceded the actual reform in some municipalities. The results show that the prolongation of the vocational tracks brought about an increased probability of dropping out among low performing students. Though one important motive behind the policy change was to enable all upper secondary school graduates to pursue a university degree, no effects on university enrolment or graduation can be found. There are some indic ...   read more ...

A summary of the report: "Does making upper secondary school more comprehensive affect dropouts rates, educational attainment and earnings? Evidence from a Swedish pilot scheme". It evaluates the effects of the introduction of a more comprehensive upper secondary school system in Sweden in the 1990s. The reform reduced the differences between the academic and vocational educational tracks through prolonging and substantially increasing the academic content of all vocational tracks. The effects of this policy change are identified by exploiting a six year pilot scheme, which preceded the actual reform in some municipalities. The results show that the prolongation of the vocational tracks brought about an increased probability of dropping out among low performing students. Though one important motive behind the policy change was to enable all upper secondary school graduates to pursue a university degree, no effects on university enrolment or graduation can be found. There are some indications, however, that attending the longer and more academic vocational track may have led to increased earnings in the long run. read less ...

F rl ngningen av yrkesutbildningarna p gymnasiet : effekter p utbildningsavhopp, utbildningsniv och inkomster / Caroline Hall. 

F rl ngningen av yrkesutbildningarna p gymnasiet : effekter p utbildningsavhopp, utbildningsniv och inkomster / Caroline Hall. read less ...

Rapport / Institutet f r arbetsmarknadspolitisk utv rdering 2009:7 

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Last visit to page: 06/2009 

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educational attainment 

educational attainment read less ...