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9780801815966 | Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, November 1, 1974, cover price $21.00

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9780814321744 | Wayne State Univ Pr, March 1, 1990, cover price $45.00

Paperback:

9780814321751 | Wayne State Univ Pr, March 1, 1990, cover price $29.95

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Product Description: Why do American students put less effort into school than those in almost any other industrialized country? The answer, suggests labor economist John Owen, is a startlingly simple matter of economic incentives. For most students, he contends, studying hard is literally not worth the trouble...read more

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9780801849251 | Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, December 1, 1994, cover price $34.50 | About this edition: Why do American students put less effort into school than those in almost any other industrialized country?

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