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| Journal of Economic Education | 1 |
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| Stanca, Luca | 1 |
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Direct linkStanca, Luca – Journal of Economic Education, 2006
The author presents new evidence on the effects of attendance on academic performance. He used a large panel data set for introductory microeconomics students to explicitly take into account the effect of unobservable factors correlated with attendance, such as ability, effort, and motivation. He found that neither proxy variables nor instrumental…
Descriptors: Attendance, Correlation, Microeconomics, Academic Achievement
