Are experiments the only option? A look at dropout prevention programs

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 180-194

  Agodini, Roberto ^a   Dynarski, Mark ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 1842533910     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465304323023741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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