Who merits financial aid?: Massachusetts' Adams Scholarship

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 2121-2131

  Goodman, Joshua ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

College costs; Difference in difference; Financial aid; Merit scholarships; Regression discontinuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549100203     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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