A multinomial logit model of college stopout and dropout behavior

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-331

  Stratton, Leslie S ^a   O'Toole, Dennis M ^a   Wetzel, James N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand for schooling; Efficiency; Human capital

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MODELING; PROBABILITY; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 43249124665     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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