Skipping class in college and exam performance: Evidence from a regression discontinuity classroom experiment

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 566-575

  Dobkin, Carlos ^a   Gil, Ricard ^a   Marion, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Class attendance; College education; Student performance

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HIGHER EDUCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

EID: 77953027357     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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