Leaving school early - And making it! Evidence from two British Birth cohorts

European Psychologist

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-292

  Schoon, Ingrid ^a   Duckworth, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leaving school early; Reserve capacity; Social change; Successful transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650425376     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000063     Document Type: Article

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