Replication data for: What Explains the Gender Gap in College Track Dropout? Experimental and Administrative Evidence

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Ingvild Almås; Alexander W. Cappelen; Kjell G. Salvanes; Erik Ø. Sørensen; Bertil Tungodden

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Almås, Ingvild, Cappelen, Alexander W., Salvanes, Kjell G., Sørensen, Erik Ø., and Tungodden, Bertil. Replication data for: What Explains the Gender Gap in College Track Dropout? Experimental and Administrative Evidence. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113468V1

Project Description

Summary: We exploit a unique data set, combining rich experimental data with high-quality administrative data, to study dropout from the college track in Norway, and why boys are more likely to drop out. The paper provides three main findings. First, we show that family background and personal characteristics contribute to explain dropout. Second, we show that the gender difference in dropout rates appears both when the adolescents select into the college track and after they have started. Third, we show that different processes guide the choices of the boys and the girls of whether to drop out from the college track.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
      J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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