TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Fitzenberger, Bernd
AU  - Licklederer, Stefanie
        TI  - Additional Career Assistance and Educational Outcomes for Students in Lower Track Secondary Schools
        PY  - 2017/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10883
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10883
        AB  - Based on local policy variation, this paper estimates the causal effect of additional career assistance on educational outcomes for students in Lower Track Secondary Schools in Germany. We find mostly insignificant effects of the treatment on average outcomes, which mask quite heterogeneous effects. For those students, who are taking extra coursework to continue education, the grade point average is unaffected and the likelihood of completing a Middle Track Secondary School degree falls. In contrast, educational outcomes improve for students who do not take extra coursework. Hence, the treatment causes a reversal of educational plans after graduation.
        KW  - lower track secondary schools
KW  - career guidance
KW  - educational upgrading
        ER  -