Langetermijneffecten van zittenblijven en afstromen op opleidingsniveau, participatie in levenslang leren en de beroepscarrière

In this paper we investigate long-term effects of grade retention and downward track changes on educational degree, lifelong learning and occupational career. Changing downward the educational track of a student is an important alternative to grade retention in secondary education in Flanders and the Netherlands. Based on longitudinal data, we find that young people who at least once repeated a grade in primary or secondary education or changed their educational track downward, attain a lower educational degree than those who progress through their school career without delay or track changes. Furthermore, the educational degree mediates the indirect effect of grade retention and downward track changes on the early occupational career and lifelong learning. However, retention and downward track changes do have a direct effect on labor market outcomes at a later point in the career. Both repeating and and downward track changes have a lasting impact on life after school.

Publication year:2013

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