Doing it twice, getting it right? The effects of grade retention and course repetition in higher education
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Keywords
Grade retention; Course repetition; Higher education; Dropout; Academic achievement; Regression discontinuity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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