Dropping out of high school among Mexican-origin youths: Is early work experience a factor?

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 286-305

  Olatunji, Anane N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 27144524927     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.75.3.k08381m846202520     Document Type: Review

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