When you say nothing at all: The predictive power of student effort on surveys

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 105-119

  Hitt, Collin ^a   Trivitt, Julie ^a   Cheng, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Human capital; Labor market outcomes; Noncognitive skills

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; STUDENT; SURVEY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959440126     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2016.02.001     Document Type: Article

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