Academic performance and college dropout: Using longitudinal expectations data to estimate a learning model

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 601-644

  Stinebrickner, Ralph ^a   Stinebrickner, Todd ^b  

^a BEREA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 84904130657     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675308     Document Type: Article

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