Part-time work, school success and school leaving

Empirical Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 277-299

  Dustmann, Christian ^a   van Soest, Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Teenage labour supply; Training

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR SUPPLY; TRAINING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249903880     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-006-0086-1     Document Type: Article

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