The expansion of college education in the United States: Is there evidence of declining cohort quality?

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 303-315

  Juhn, Chinhui ^a   Kim, Dae Il ^b   Vella, Francis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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EID: 24144462608     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ei/cbi020     Document Type: Review

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