ZEW Discussion Papers
Noncognitive Skills, School Achievements and Educational Dropout
Coneus, Katja, Johannes Gernandt and Marianne Saam (2009), Noncognitive Skills, School Achievements and Educational Dropout, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-019, Mannheim. Download
We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational
education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000
to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background
and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both,
better school grades and higher noncognitive skills reduce the risk to become
an educational dropout. The influence of school achievements on the dropout
probability tends to decrease and the influence of noncognitive skills tends to
increase with age.
Keywords: noncognitive skills, school grades, secondary education, vocational training
