Fast track or failure: A study of the graduation and dropout rates of Ph D students in economics

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-166

  van Ours, J C ^a   Ridder, G ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Productivity

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION;

EID: 0037399534     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(02)00029-8     Document Type: Article

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