Mind the gap? Estimating the effects of postponing higher education

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 683-710

  Holmlund, Bertil ^a   Liu, Qian ^a   Skans, Oskar Nordström ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)   (Sweden)

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EID: 54749090946     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpn010     Document Type: Article

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