The Cost of Grade Retention

By Marco Manacorda. Review of Economics and Statistics, 2012

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The Effects of Test-based Retention on Student Outcomes over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida (2017, background): “comparative setting, Manacorda’s (2012) regression discontinuity analysis finds that retention in junior high school increases dropout rates for Uruguayan students.”
The effect of language training on immigrants’ economic integration: Empirical evidence from France (2019, background): “…the effect of class-size on student outcomes, focusing on the relationship between schools’ choices of class size and households’ choices of schools.4 Manacorda (2012) employs data on junior high school students in Uruguay and finds that grade failure increases subsequent dropout and reduces…”
Identifying the Effect of Changing the Policy Threshold in Regression Discontinuity Models (2015, background): “Substituting these expressions in equation (23) proves equation (10).”
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SCHOOL DROPOUT AMONG THE GIRLS: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE (2015, background): “In this regard, Manacorda (2012) also argues that girls are at a greater risk of absenteeism, repetition and dropout, and have lower educational achievement than boys in upper primary school.”