A neo-classical education transitions approach: A corrected tale for three cohorts

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-285

  Lucas, Samuel R ^a   Fucella, Phillip N ^a   Berends, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Education transitions; Longitudinal analyses; Selection bias; Unobserved heterogeneity; Waning coefficients

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052892894     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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