School tracking and access to higher education among disadvantaged groups

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1538-1549

  Malamud, Ofer ^a,c   Pop Eleches, Cristian ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BREAD ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d BREAD ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged groups; Education; Tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055157116     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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