Raising academic standards and vocational concentrators: Are they better off or worse off?

Education Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-187

  Bishop, John H ^a   Mane, Ferran ^a,b  

^a and History   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Curriculum effects on labor market outcomes; Education standards; Exit examinations; Graduation requirements; Minimum competency examinations; Vocational education

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 17944380709     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290500031199     Document Type: Article

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