%0 Report
        %A Jaik, Katharina
%A Wolter, Stefan C.
        %T Lost in Transition: The Influence of Locus of Control on Delaying Educational Decisions
        %D 2016
        %8 2016 Sep
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 10191
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10191
        %X The transition from compulsory schooling to upper-secondary education is a crucial and frequently difficult step in the educational career of young people. In this study, we analyze the impact of one non-cognitive skill, locus of control, on the intention and the decision to delay the transition into post-compulsory education in Switzerland. We find that locus of control, measured at ages 13–14, has a significant impact on the intention to delay the transition into upper-secondary education. Furthermore, we find that the intention to delay the transition is strongly correlated with the actual delay, measured one and a half years after the intention. Finally, students with the initial intention to delay but successfully continuing into upper-secondary education show a stronger internal locus of control than comparable students who do delay their transition.
        %K locus of control
%K school-to-school transition
%K school-to-work transition