Catholic high schools and rural academic achievement

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Sander, William ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Bivariate probit; Catholic schools; Rural development; Selection bias; Specification error

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040519290     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243938     Document Type: Article

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