The role of high school performance in explaining women's rising college enrollment

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 450-462

  Cho, Donghun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

College attendance; Gender gap; High school performance

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; DATA SET; EDUCATION; GENDER DISPARITY; MODELING; STUDENT; WOMENS STATUS; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 34250647516     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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