Dropout from Secondary Education: All's well that begins well

European Journal of Education

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-149

  De Witte, Kristof ^a   Rogge, Nicky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dropout; First year; Logit; Motivation; Secondary education; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874004455     PISSN: 01418211     EISSN: 14653435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejed.12001     Document Type: Article

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