Secondary school extracurricular involvement and academic achievement: a fixed effects approach

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 463-472

  Lipscomb, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

EID: 34250688786     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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