Community colleges and economic mobility

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-53

  Kolesnikova, Natalia A ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 73349102211     PISSN: 00149187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20955/r.92.27-54     Document Type: Article

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