Table 7

Differences in Application Choices and Admission Outcomes (Cape Coast District)

	Application Portfolio		Admission Outcomes
	Avg. SSCE Performance	Avg. Selectivity	SSCE Perf. of SHS	Selectivity of SHS	Peer Quality in SHS
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Panel A: All Qualified Students
Student’s BECE	0.230^***	0.205^***	0.614^***	0.615^***	0.633^***
	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.007)	(0.004)	(0.003)
JHS mean BECE	0.084^***	0.085^***	0.141^***	0.107^***	0.111^***
	(0.006)	(0.005)	(0.008)	(0.004)	(0.004)
JHS public	−0.147^***	−0.148^***	−0.033^***	−0.041^***	−0.045^***
	(0.009)	(0.007)	(0.009)	(0.005)	(0.005)
District FEs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
R²	0.470	0.580	0.563	0.702	0.749
N	487,562	487,562	472,542	487,562	487,562
Panel B: JHS in Cape Coast District
Student’s BECE	0.283^***	0.236^***	0.654^***	0.659^***	0.669^***
	(0.022)	(0.013)	(0.050)	(0.027)	(0.028)
JHS mean BECE	0.082^**	0.102^***	0.234^***	0.148^***	0.175^***
	(0.035)	(0.026)	(0.032)	(0.023)	(0.031)
JHS public	−0.189^***	−0.165^***	0.026	−0.016	−0.017
	(0.058)	(0.053)	(0.059)	(0.037)	(0.029)
District FEs	No	No	No	No	No
R²	0.414	0.434	0.649	0.717	0.759
N	4,185	4,185	4,042	4,185	4,185
Panel C: JHS in Cape Coast District and Applied in JHS District Only
Student’s BECE	0.380^***	0.296^***	0.784^***	0.707^***	0.728^***
	(0.051)	(0.026)	(0.101)	(0.053)	(0.060)
JHS mean BECE	0.246^***	0.233^***	0.267^*	0.166^**	0.192^**
	(0.058)	(0.051)	(0.134)	(0.074)	(0.073)
JHS public	−0.024	0.005	0.045	0.062	0.065
	(0.118)	(0.098)	(0.096)	(0.073)	(0.068)
District FEs	No	No	No	No	No
R²	0.485	0.499	0.674	0.722	0.743
N	459	459	446	459	459