New research (with @tsguul.bsky.social ), published in the Journal of Public Economics:
Students labeled not ready for upper secondary education in Grade 8 increased their effort, improved their grades, and became more likely to complete upper secondary education and enroll in higher education.
sciencedirect.com
“Not ready” as a productive wake-up call: Do second chances improve human capital investments?
We study a policy reform in Denmark that introduced a GPA threshold for academic readiness for upper secondary education 1.5 years before the end of m…
