Post-secondary fees and the decision to attend a university or a community college

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 329-348

  Hilmer, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

College attendance; I29; Ordered probit; Post secondary fees

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032019911     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00075-3     Document Type: Article

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