The fiscal impacts of college attainment

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 220-247

  Trostel, Philip A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

College education; Expenditures; Fiscal; Government investment; Public finance; Rate of return; Tax revenues

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952098601     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-009-9156-5     Document Type: Article

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