Delayed graduation and University dropout: A review of theoretical approaches.

Autor/inn/en	Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; Pastore, Francesco
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	Delayed graduation and University dropout: A review of theoretical approaches. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Verspäteter Studienabschluss und Studienabbruch: Ein Überblick über theoretische Ansätze.
Quelle	Bonn (2019), 42 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper. 12601
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
ISSN	2365-9793
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildungstheorie; Sozialer Faktor; Erwartung; Familie; Bildungsertrag; Humankapitaltheorie; Investition; Arbeitsplatzsuchtheorie; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt; Hochschulbildung; Studium; Studiendauer; Abbruch; Regionaler Faktor
Abstract	"This paper surveys the theoretical approaches used in the literature to study the phenomenon of delayed graduation and university dropout. The classical human capital model does not contemplate failure, which the amended human capital model does. Delayed graduation and university dropout are two stages of the same decision repeated over the years to step aside or leave when the net returns to education expected ex ante are negative. Failure can also be taken as a signal of the real skills of individuals who do not succeed to gain a higher level of education. The job search approach underlines the role of positive/negative local labor market conditions as a factor able to explain choices of investment in human capital. Within the bargaining approach, the decision to delay graduation or dropout from university is related to bargaining within the family between parents and children: the former give their children better consumption opportunities in return for their presence at home. Although the amended human capital model is certainly the most compelling one, the other approaches help framing factors which are neglected in the human capital model, forming a well-structured body of knowledge to better understand the phenomenon under scrutiny, while also suggesting a set of policy tools to better control it." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/1