School-to-career programs and transitions to employment and higher education

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 374-393

  Neumark, David ^a   Rothstein, Donna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Employment; School to career; School to work transitions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; EDUCATION POLICY; EMPLOYMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

EID: 33746883561     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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