The determinants of undergraduate Grade Point Average: The relative importance of family background, high school resources, and peer group effects

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 268-293

  Betts, Julian R ^a   Morell, Darlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032810611     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146346     Document Type: Article

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