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Paul LaFontaine

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Publications

5

Citations

384

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5

Active since

2006

Affiliations

American Bar Foundation(Current)

University of Chicago

Paul LaFontaine is an author at American Bar Foundation specializing in secondary education, education, and graduation analysis.

Publications per year

2006–2012

5

Publications

5

The American High School Graduation Rate: Trends and Levels

James J. Heckman, Paul LaFontaine · The Review of Economics and Statistics · 2007 · 152 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Demography, Sociology +17

Bias‐Corrected Estimates of GED Returns

James J. Heckman, Paul LaFontaine · Journal of Labor Economics · 2006 · 128 citations

Education, Educational Measurement, Secondary Education +16

The American High School Graduation Rate: Trends and Levels. NBER Working Paper No. 13670.

James J. Heckman, Paul LaFontaine · National Bureau of Economic Research · 2007 · 44 citations

Education, Secondary Education, Secondary +7

The Declining American High School Graduation Rate: Evidence, Sources, and Consequences

James J. Heckman, Paul LaFontaine · Econstor (Econstor) · 2008 · 31 citations · Full text

Education, Economics, Secondary Education +13

Taking the Easy Way Out: How the GED Testing Program Induces Students to Drop Out

James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Paul LaFontaine et al. · Journal of Labor Economics · 2012 · 29 citations · Full text

Education, Education Policy, Secondary Education +8

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