scholarly journals The Effect of Credit Constraints on the College Drop-Out Decision A Direct Approach Using a New Panel Study

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Stinebrickner ◽  
Ralph Stinebrickner
Keyword(s):  
Credit Constraints ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Direct Approach ◽  
College Drop Out

scholarly journals The Effect of Credit Constraints on the College Drop-Out Decision: A Direct Approach Using a New Panel Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 98 (5) ◽  
pp. 2163-2184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Stinebrickner ◽  
Todd Stinebrickner
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Credit Constraints ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Direct Approach ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Standard Data ◽  
Berea College ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
College Drop Out

A serious difficulty in determining the importance of credit constraints in education arises because standard data sources do not provide a direct way of identifying which students are credit constrained. This paper differentiates itself from previous work by taking a direct approach, made possible by unique longitudinal data from the Berea Panel Study. The results from our study of Berea College students suggest that, while credit constraints likely play an important role in the drop-out decisions of some students, the large majority of attrition of students from low-income families should be primarily attributed to reasons other than credit constraints. (JEL I21, I22)

scholarly journals Is educational wellbeing associated with grade repetition and school dropout rates among Indian students? Evidence from a panel study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Ronak ◽  
Rashmi
Keyword(s):  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
High School Dropout ◽  
School Dropout ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Grade Repetition ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Elementary Schooling ◽  
Wellbeing Index ◽  
Indian Students

Despite the Indian government’s continuing efforts to encourage children to attend school, levels of educational wellbeing among some groups of children during their elementary schooling remain low. High school dropout and grade repetition rates are among the negative and deleterious outcomes of poor educational wellbeing in children that are rarely discussed as policy issues. Using the panel dataset of the India Human Development Survey (IHDS) conducted in 2005 and 2012, this study explores the effects of educational wellbeing on children’s later educational outcomes, as measured by their school dropout and grade repetition rates. Variation in the educational outcomes of children across states was also examined. The results show that the children whose educational wellbeing index was below average during their elementary schooling were more likely to drop out of school or repeat a grade in early adolescence. For policymakers, this study highlights that the experiences of children during their elementary schooling merit more attention.

scholarly journals Academic track mismatch and the temporal development of well-being and competences in German secondary education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Bittmann
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Observation Window ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Academic Track ◽  
Health And Well Being

Formal education is one of the most influential predictors of professional success. As parents in Germany are aware of the importance of education, they often try to enable their children to enrol in the prestigious academic schooling track (Gymnasium). This explains why the transition recommendation made by the teacher after the fourth grade is sometimes ignored if the desired track was not recommended for a particular student. How the mismatch between the teacher’s recommendation and the parents’ choice of schooling for their child affects the child’s development is not sufficiently known. It is very likely that such a mismatch can have consequences for the child’s well-being, competences and overall academic success. Based on five consecutive panel waves of German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) data (waves 1 to 5, collected between 2010 and 2016) (n = 2;790 in wave 1), our analyses demonstrate that social background and the probability of ignoring a teacher’s recommendation are associated, and that highly educated parents are more likely to overrule the teacher’s recommendation. Panel regression models show that pupils who pursued the academic track (Gymnasium) despite the absence of a teacher’s recommendation were more likely to drop out of the academic schooling track, and were not able to catch up with their peers with respect to both objective and subjective academic competences over the entire observation window. However, the models also show that academic track mismatch did not seem to negatively influence the health and well-being of these pupils.

Less Supervision, More Satisficing? Comparing Completely Self-Administered Web-Surveys and Interviews Under Controlled Conditions

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Mühlböck ◽  
Nadia Steiber ◽  
Bernhard Kittel
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Cognitive Effort ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Completion Rates ◽  
Web Surveys ◽  
Interview Situation ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Answering Questions

AbstractAlthough online surveys are becoming more and more prominent, the quality of the resulting data is still contested. One potential caveat of web surveys is the absence of an interviewer who controls the interview situation, can motivate respondents and prevent them from satisficing, i.e. answering questions with minimal cognitive effort. While there is evidence for differences between data gathered in interviewer-administered surveys and data from self-administered questionnaires, it has not yet been studied whether the sheer presence of an interviewer affects data quality. The present article addresses this research gap. Based on a recent panel study of young unemployed adults, we compare the results from a completely self-administered web survey with those from interviews which were self-administered but conducted in the presence of an interviewer. In particular, we look for differences concerning drop-out, speed, item-non-response, and item-non-differentiation. While we do find significant differences in drop-out rates, we do not find any evidence for interviewer-absence leading to less diligence in filling in the questionnaire. We thus conclude that the presence of an interviewer does not enhance data quality for self-administered questionnaires, but positively affects completion rates.

Loneliness and College Achievement: Do Loneliness Scale Scores Predict College Drop-Out?

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1283-1288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken J. Rotenberg ◽  
Jon Morrison
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Introductory Psychology ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
College Dropout ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
College Drop Out ◽  
Academic Year

916 college students enrolled in two consecutive years of introductory psychology (1989 and 1990) were administered the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale at the beginning of the academic year. When controlling for the number of students who withdrew because their grades were poor, loneliness scale scores predicted college dropout for men from the 1989 group and for men and women from the 1990 group. The potential of loneliness, as a state and a trait, as a predictor of dropping out of college was discussed.

Credit Constraints and Job Mobility

2008 ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Paul A. Hagstrom ◽  
Ann L. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Credit Constraints ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Financial Stress ◽  
Job Mobility ◽  
Income Dynamics ◽  
Job Change ◽  
Consumer Finances ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Single Men

We estimate the probability of voluntary job change using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) and imputed values for several different measures of financial stress from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF). Our main finding is that single men are more likely to respond to credit constraints by voluntarily switching jobs. For married men, the effect depends on the type of financial stress experienced. Our results suggest that the higher rate of job mobility among single men can be attributed to both higher incidence of credit constraints among this group as well as a differential response to these constraints.

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