Does high school quality matter? Evidence from admissions data

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 280-288

  Berkowitz, Daniel ^a   Hoekstra, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; School quality

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 79952194617     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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