Does the early bird catch the worm?

Empirical Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 359-386

  Puhani, Patrick A ^a,b,c   Weber, Andrea M ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Identification; Immigration; Policy

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; IMMIGRATION; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

AVES;

EID: 34249907549     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-006-0089-y     Document Type: Article

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