Expanding secondary attainment in the United States, 1940-80

Historical Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 139-152

  Rury, John L ^a   Saatcioglu, Argun ^a   Skorupski, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

educational expansion; fixed effects panel regression; social change

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PANEL DATA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIAL CHANGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955188787     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01615440.2010.497182     Document Type: Article

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