The Effect of Grade Retention on School Outcomes: An Application of Doubly Robust Estimation Methods
Year: 2010
Type: conference-paper
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In this study, I estimate the average causal treatment effect of grade retention on several educational outcome variables, such as completion of upper secondary school, graduation grades in math and German, as well as average final grade using a data set from Germany. The analysis relies on Conditional Independence Assumption. I use doubly robust method, regression adjustment and inverse propensity score weighting. The results of the empirical study show that grade retention does not improve the students' educational achievement.
Source: Econstor (Econstor)
Author: S. Derya Uysal
Institution: University of Konstanz
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
OpenAlex ID: W2260127991