The GED

Handbook of the Economics of Education

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 423-483

  Heckman, James J ^a,b,c   Humphries, John Eric ^a   Mader, Nicholas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropouts; GED; Graduation rate; Noncognitive skills; Returns to education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953713971     PISSN: 15740692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53429-3.00009-0     Document Type: Book

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