The effects of high school curriculum on education and labor market outcomes.
There is much public discussion but almost no evidence on the effects of high school curriculum on postsecondary education and on success in the labor market. I use the large variation in curriculum across U.S. high schools to identify the effects on wages and educational attainment of specific cou...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Human Resources Vol. 30; pp. 409 - 439 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Summer95
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