Missing school dropouts in surveys does not bias risk estimates

Social Science Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 294-311

  Udry, J Richard ^a   Chantala, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

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EID: 0037505645     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-089X(02)00060-1     Document Type: Article

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