Taking a chance on College: Is the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship Program a winner?

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 199-222

  Pallais, Amanda ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT;

EID: 67649344486     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.44.1.199     Document Type: Article

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