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Table 1 Countries in the empirical analysis by tracking regime

From: Does early tracking affect learning inequalities? Revisiting difference-in-differences modeling strategies with international assessments

Countries

Age of tracking

Dummy tracking

Countries

Age of tracking

Dummy tracking

Austria

10

1

Canada

18

0

Belgium

14

1

Denmark

16

0

Bulgaria

14

1

Latvia

16

0

France

15

1

Lithuania

16

0

Germany

10

1

New Zealand

16

0

Hungary

10

1

Norway

16

0

Israel

15

1

Poland

16

0

Italy

14

1

Romania

16

0

Luxembourg

12

1

Russian Fed

16

0

Netherlands

12

1

Spain

16

0

Slovakia

11

1

Sweden

16

0

Slovenia

15

1

USA

18

0

  1. Source: see Appendix A, Table 5
  2. Dummy tracking: = 1 if tracking occurs at age ≤ 15, 0 otherwise
  3. Alternative definition (see Robustness checks in Appendix B): Dummy tracking: = 1 if tracking at age ≤ 14, 0 otherwise
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