Affiliation:
1. Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2. Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal; Centro de Matemática Aplicada à Previsão e Decisão Económica, Portugal
Abstract
Abstract This paper investigates grade repetition in Portugal using microdata. Drawing on multilevel models, we analyse the number of times the student repeated a grade in compulsory education - our dependent variable - in association with children’s individual characteristics, household sociodemographic and economic background, and children’s living conditions - our covariates. Furthermore, we also attempt to shed light on the impact of schools on the endogenous variable. Our results confirm the importance of individual, family, and neighbourhood characteristics on the rate of grade repetition. In terms of schools, the results obtained show that the student’s probability of failure vary across schools, demonstrating the importance of the impact of the school itself on grade repetition.
Subject
Education,Cultural Studies,Gender Studies
Cited by
4 articles.
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