TY - JOUR AU - León, Jaime AU - Martínez Abad, Fernando PY - 2025 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10366/169896 AB - [EN]Background Grade retention is an educational aspect that concerns teachers, families, and experts. It implies an economic cost for families, as well as a personal cost for the student, who is forced to study one more year. The objective of the... LA - eng PB - Springer Nature KW - Causal inference KW - Performance KW - PSM KW - PISA KW - Propensity score matching KW - Grade retention KW - Secondary education TI - The effect of grade retention on performance in Spanish students: a propensity score matching approach DO - 10.1186/s40536-025-00243-0 T2 - Large-scale Assessments in Education VL - 13 M2 - 1 ER -