Easy grading practices and supply-demand factors: Evidence from Italy

Empirical Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-246

  de Paola, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grades; Grading standards; Higher education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; HETEROGENEITY; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PROBABILITY; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STUDENT;

ITALY;

EID: 80052367721     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-010-0372-9     Document Type: Article

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