The early employment and further education experiences of high school dropouts: A comparative study of the United States and Australia

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-366

  Rumberger, Russell W ^a   Lamb, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earnings, Higher education; Employment

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; LABOR PARTICIPATION;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038608528     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(02)00038-9     Document Type: Article

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