Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/300016 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11088
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
We examine the association between the personality trait grit and post-compulsory educational choices and trajectories using a large survey linked to administrative student register data. Exploiting cross sectional variation in students' self-reported grit in the last year of compulsory school, we find that an increase in students' grit is associated with a higher likelihood to start a vocational education instead of a general education. This association is robust to the inclusion of cognitive skill measures and a comprehensive set of other students' background characteristics. Moreover, using novel data on skill requirements of around 240 vocational training occupations, we find that grittier vocational education students sort into math-intensive training occupations. Similarly, students in general education with more grit select themselves more often into the math-intensive track. Finally, we do not find evidence that students with a higher grit have lower dropout rates in post-compulsory education.
Subjects: 
non-cognitive skills
personality traits
grit
educational choices
JEL: 
D01
I20
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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