Is the GED an effective route to postsecondary education for school dropouts?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 813-825

  Tyler, John ^a   Lofstrom, Magnus ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dropouts; GED; Postsecondary education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PANEL DATA; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955412731     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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