Do expenditures other than instructional expenditures affect graduation and persistence rates in American higher education?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 947-958

  Webber, Douglas A ^a   Ehrenberg, Ronald G ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational finance; Educational production function; Higher education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMETRICS; EXPENDITURE; HIGHER EDUCATION; PANEL DATA; PUBLIC SPENDING; STUDENT;

EID: 78149496409     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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