Post-high school choices: New evidence from a multinomial logit model

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 287-306

  Nguyen, Anh Ngoc ^a   Taylor, Jim ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

College enrolment; Human capital; School to work transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037865799     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480300149     Document Type: Review

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