Fig. 2

School graduates, willingness to study, and positive selection. This figure shows two density estimates of the SAEB score for high school graduates in the state of Pernambuco. One is from a sample of students who are 18.5 years or younger (dashed line) and the other is from those older than 18.5 years (solid). This figure also displays the conditional percentage of students that answered “yes” when asked about their willingness to continue studying after high school