Social capital, financial knowledge, and Hispanic student college choices

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-219

  O'Connor, Noga ^a   Hammack, Floyd M ^b   Scott, Marc A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to information; Community colleges; Financial aid; Hispanic students; Mexican students; Oaxaca decomposition; Social capital; Strong Hispanic States

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952091665     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-009-9153-8     Document Type: Article

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