High school dropout for marginal students. Evidence from randomized exam form
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Exam form; high school dropout; returns to education;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2019-03-25 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-LMA-2019-03-25 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
- NEP-URE-2019-03-25 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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