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Microeconomic survey data are used to investigate the impact of a number of measures of school performance on the chances of young people staying on in full‐time education. Multinomial logit models are estimated for the main destinations of young people in Northern Ireland at age 16, namely school, further education, employment, vocational training and unemployment. The analysis is based on a sample which was stratified according to the choices made by young people. Since this stratification is endogenous, 'choice‐based' models are estimated to account for this. Some evidence is found of a statistically significant ceteris paribus relationship between school performance and staying on. This is interpreted in terms of aspects of school culture which are captured in the school performance indicators.

David M. Armstrong (1926-2014) has been one of the most influential contemporary metaphysicians working in the analytic tradition and surely the greatest 20th century Australian philosopher. This volume aims to value Armstrong's oeuvre bringing new understanding, and stimulating more work, on his philosophy, with the conviction that it constitutes an invaluable heritage for contemporary research in metaphysics. Francesco F. Calemi, University of Perugia, Italy.