Dropping out of high school: Effects of close and distant friendships

Social Science Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1254-1268

  Carbonaro, William ^a   Workman, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropout; Peer effects; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879153967     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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