We study the effect of the participation to high school extra-curricular activities on the proba- bility to drop out. The relationship between extra-curricular engagement and dropout has been widely investigated by the sociological literature, exclusively from a theoretical point of view. Students more involved in the school life, more integrated and committed, are expected to drop out less. We test this hypotheses using administrative data on the population of students in vocational high schools in a southern Italy town, and observed for three years. We employ a propensity score matching approach and find that participation to several extra-curricular projects strongly reduce the probability to drop out.
The effect of Extracurricular Activities on Students’ Dropout. Evidence from Vocational Education in Italy - Lancaster University Economics Working Paper Series 2018/06
Migali G;
2018-01-01
Abstract
We study the effect of the participation to high school extra-curricular activities on the proba- bility to drop out. The relationship between extra-curricular engagement and dropout has been widely investigated by the sociological literature, exclusively from a theoretical point of view. Students more involved in the school life, more integrated and committed, are expected to drop out less. We test this hypotheses using administrative data on the population of students in vocational high schools in a southern Italy town, and observed for three years. We employ a propensity score matching approach and find that participation to several extra-curricular projects strongly reduce the probability to drop out.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
