Heterogeneous paths through college: Detailed patterns and relationships with graduation and earnings

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-108

  Andrews, Rodney ^a,b   Li, Jing ^d   Lovenheim, Michael F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

College transferring; Postsecondary education; Returns to college quality

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PANEL DATA; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; INCOME; INVESTMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907352086     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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