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A Multinomial Logit Model of College Stopout and Dropout Behavior
Stratton, Leslie S.; O'Toole, Dennis M.; Wetzel, James N. - 2021
Studies of college attrition typically assume that all attrition is permanent. We use data from the 1990/94 Beginning Postsecondary Survey to distinguish between long-term dropout and short-term stopout behavior in order to test that assumption. We find significant differences between those who...
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The GED
Heckman, James J. - 2010
test claims to establish equivalence between dropouts and traditional high school graduates, opening the door to college …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141745
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The Economics of University Dropouts and Delayed Graduation : A Survey
Aina, Carmen - 2018
This survey organizes and discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the determinants of university student achievements. According to the theoretical framework, the decision to invest in tertiary education is a sequential process made under gradually decreasing levels of uncertainty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012923206
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The GED
Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Mader, Nicholas S. - 2010
test claims to establish equivalence between dropouts and traditional high school graduates, opening the door to college …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969747
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The economics of university dropouts and delayed graduation : a survey
Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2018
This survey organizes and discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the determinants of university student achievements. According to the theoretical framework, the decision to invest in tertiary education is a sequential process made under gradually decreasing levels of uncertainty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011820061
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Delayed Graduation and University Dropout : A Review of Theoretical Approaches
Aina, Carmen - 2019
This paper surveys the theoretical approaches used in the literature to study the phenomenon of delayed graduation and university dropout. The classical human capital model does not contemplate failure, which the amended human capital model does. Delayed graduation and university dropout are two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012862485
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The economics of university dropouts and delayed graduation : a survey
Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2018
This survey organizes and discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the determinants of university student achievements. According to the theoretical framework, the decision to invest in tertiary education is a sequential process made under gradually decreasing levels of uncertainty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131241
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"First in family" university graduates in England
Henderson, Morag; Shure, Nikki; Adamecz, Anna - 2019
the first large scale, quantitative evidence on FiF graduates in England using a nationally representative survey linked … two-thirds of all university graduates. Comparing individuals with no parental higher education we show that ethnic … likely to study other Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities than students whose parents are university graduates. We also find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012105013
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A multinomial logit model of college stopout and dropout behavior
Stratton, Leslie S.; O'Toole, Dennis M.; Wetzel, James N. - In: Economics of education review 27 (2008) 3, pp. 319-331
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725767
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Chapter 9. The GED
Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Mader, Nicholas S. - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 3, (pp. 423-483). 2011
test claims to establish equivalence between dropouts and traditional high school graduates, opening the door to college …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025653