The effects of interrupted enrollment on graduation from college: Racial, income, and ability differences

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 575-590

  DesJardins, Stephen L ^a   Ahlburg, Dennis A ^b   McCall, Brian P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Duration dependence; Event history modeling; Graduation; State dependence; Stopout

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INCOME; PROBABILITY; RACE; SIMULATION; STUDENT;

EID: 33751089297     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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