The wages of failure: New evidence on school retention and long-run outcomes

Education Finance and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-322

  Babcock, Philip ^a   Bedard, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84858138149     PISSN: 15573060     EISSN: 15573079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/EDFP_a_00037     Document Type: Article

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