High school employment, school performance, and college entry

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-39

  Lee, Chanyoung ^a   Orazem, Peter F ^b  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child labor; College enrollment; Dropout; GPA; Hours worked; Truancy age

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HIGHER EDUCATION; PROBABILITY; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 73849105272     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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