Do dropouts drop out too soon? Wealth, health and happiness from compulsory schooling

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 2213-2229

  Oreopoulos, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 35648989458     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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