Early to rise? The effect of daily start times on academic performance

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 970-983

  Edwards, Finley ^a  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

Education production function; Middle school; Sleep; Start times; Test scores

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; COST; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WAKE COUNTY;

EID: 84865426098     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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