High school dropout and teen childbearing

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 258-268

  Marcotte, Dave E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b IZA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

High school dropout; High school exit exams; Teen pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; FERTILITY; PANEL DATA; PREGNANCY; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

EID: 84877617524     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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