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| Type | Working Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Lost in transition: the influence of locus of control on delaying educational decisions |
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| Institution | University of Zurich |
| Series Name | Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper |
| Number | 118 |
| Date | 2016 |
| Abstract Text | The transition from compulsory schooling to upper-secondary education is a crucial and frequently difficult step in the educational career of young people. In this study, we analyze the impact of one non-cognitive skill, locus of control, on the intention and the decision to delay the transition into post-compulsory education in Switzerland. We find that locus of control, measured at ages 13–14, has a significant impact on the intention to delay the transition into upper-secondary education. Furthermore, we find that the intention to delay the transition is strongly correlated with the actual delay, measured one and a half years after the intention. Finally, students with the initial intention to delay but successfully continuing into upper-secondary education show a stronger internal locus of control than comparable students who do delay their transition. |
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| Official URL | http://repec.business.uzh.ch/RePEc/iso/leadinghouse/0118_lhwpaper.pdf |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:14002 |
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