Do school entry laws affect educational attainment and labor market outcomes?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-54

  Dobkin, Carlos ^a,b   Ferreira, Fernando ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings; Educational attainment

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LABOR MARKET; STUDENT;

CALIFORNIA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73649117493     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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