Learning about Academic Ability and the College Drop-out Decision

Todd R. Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner

NBER Working Paper No. 14810
Issued in March 2009

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We appreciate comments from seminar participants at New York University, Rochester, Yale, Syracuse, Simon Fraser, NBER, The winter meetings of the Econometric Society, and The Analytical Labor Conference at the University of Chicago. We are grateful for support from The Mellon Foundation, The Spencer Foundation, The National Science Foundation, SSHRC, and Berea College. This work would not have been possible without the extraordinary work of Lori Scafidi and the assistance of Diana Stinebrickner, Pam Thomas, and Albert Conley. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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