Shortcut: High school grades as a signal of human capital

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 299-311

  Miller, Shazia Rafiullah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0032276597     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/01623737020004299     Document Type: Article

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