TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Goux, Dominique
AU  - Gurgand, Marc
AU  - Maurin, Eric
        TI  - Adjusting Your Dreams? The Effect of School and Peers on Dropout Behaviour
        PY  - 2014/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7948
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7948
        AB  - At the end of middle school, many low achieving students have to abandon hope of getting into selective high-school programs, which may be a source of disappointment and eventually lead them to dropout from high-school. Based on a randomized controlled trial, this paper shows that low-achieving students' aspirations can be made more realistic through a series of meetings facilitated by the school principals and that more realistic aspirations are followed by a significant reduction in grade repetition and high-school dropout. Building on detailed information on friendship networks within classes, we also find evidence that improved outcomes in treated classes encompass improved social interactions between low achieving students and their high achieving classmates.
        KW  - school dropout
KW  - tack choices
KW  - school aspiration
KW  - social networks
        ER  -