From: Safety valve or sinkhole? Vocational schooling in South Africa
Subsample | Secondary | Post- | Male | Female | Black | Coloured | Poorest | Richest |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
secondary | two quintiles | three quintiles | ||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | |
Panel A: academic | ||||||||
Failed last | -0.49 | -0.16 | -0.39 | -0.41 | -0.36 | -0.41 | -0.44 | -0.35 |
Grade enrolled | (0.016)*** | (0.019)*** | (0.020)*** | (0.016)*** | (0.015)*** | (0.019)*** | (0.016)*** | (0.019)*** |
Previous grades | -0.24 | -0.03 | -0.18 | -0.17 | -0.15 | -0.18 | -0.19 | -0.15 |
Failed | (0.014)*** | (0.012)** | (0.016)*** | (0.013)*** | (0.013)*** | (0.015)*** | (0.014)*** | (0.014)*** |
R-squared | 0.73 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.70 |
Panel B: vocational | ||||||||
Failed last | -0.02 | 0.00 | -0.01 | -0.01 | -0.01 | -0.01 | -0.01 | -0.01 |
Grade enrolled | (0.005)*** | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.006)* | (0.01) |
Previous grades | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Failed | (0.00) | (0.01) | (0.007)* | (0.00) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.00) | (0.01) |
R-squared | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.27 |
Observations | 11,846 | 12,151 | 9,944 | 14,053 | 11,625 | 12,372 | 12,185 | 11,812 |
No. individuals | 1,602 | 1,325 | 1,227 | 1,700 | 1,522 | 1,405 | 1,564 | 1,363 |
p-value of difference | ||||||||
Failed last | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Grade enrolled | ||||||||
Previous grades | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Failed |