Working while studying: the impact of term-time employment on dropout rates

Journal of Education and Work

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 631-651

  Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

student dropout; survival analysis; term time employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948583634     PISSN: 13639080     EISSN: 14699435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13639080.2013.869311     Document Type: Article

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