Am I missing something? The effects of absence from class on student performance

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 363-375

  Arulampalam, Wiji ^a   Naylor, Robin A ^a   Smith, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class absence; Education; Panel data; Quantile regression; Randomised experiments; Selection correction; Student performance

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CORRECTION; DATA SET; EDUCATION; PANEL DATA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84860887550     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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