College selectivity and the Texas top 10% law

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-272

  Niu, Sunny Xinchun ^a   Tienda, Marta ^a   Cortes, Kalena ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand for schooling; Human capital; School choice

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745025191     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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