Estimating the returns to community college schooling for displaced workers

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 271-304

  Jacobson, Louis ^a   LaLonde, Robert ^b   Sullivan, Daniel G ^c  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CURRICULA; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EDUCATION; MERGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TAXATION; WAGES;

ACADEMIC COURSES; COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCHOOLING; DISPLACED WORKERS; STATISTICAL SPECIFICATIONS;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 10044235426     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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