Academic choice behavior of high school students: Economic rationale and empirical evidence

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-308

  Zietz, Joachim ^a   Joshi, Prathibha ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GORDON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital formation; School choice; Time allocation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HIGHER EDUCATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844348719     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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