Dynamic measures of primary and secondary school characteristics: Implications for school effects research

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 397-411

  Halpern Manners, Andrew ^a   Warren, John Robert ^a   Brand, Jennie E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Group based trajectory models; Life course perspective; School characteristics; School effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649141726     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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