Spending time or investing time? Involvement in high school curricular and extracurricular activities as strategic action

Rationality and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 431-471

  Swanson, Christopher B ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent behavior; Educational attainment; Extracurricular activities; Investment; Social exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036457570     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463102014004002     Document Type: Article

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