What are the factors of success at University? A case study in Belgium

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-148

  Ortiz, Elena Arias ^a   Dehon, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Logit models; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; DATA SET; LOGIT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 45749133072     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifn012     Document Type: Article

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