@techreport{32e237432d47429a8602bf2576ad7ca6,
title = "The Effect of Grade Retention on Secondary School Performance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment",
abstract = "We study the effects of grade retention on secondary school performance by considering a change in Colombia{\textquoteright}s educative legislation. In 2010, the rule that forced schools to retain up to a 5% of students was abolished. Exploiting variation in schools{\textquoteright} retention rates in a difference-in-differences framework, we find that retained (marginally non-retained) students improve (decline) their performance on language but not on math test scores. We suggest the school{\textquoteright}s position in the retention distribution, and the proportion of inexperienced teachers in the classroom, can be the mechanisms by which the marginally decreasing returns of grade retention are determined.",
keywords = "retention, Colombia, difference-in-differences",
author = "{Ferreira Sequeda}, Maria and Bart Golsteyn and {Parra Cely}, Sergio",
year = "2018",
month = jun,
day = "18",
doi = "10.26481/umagsb.2018018",
language = "English",
series = "GSBE Research Memoranda",
publisher = "Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics",
number = "018",
address = "Netherlands",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics",
}