Learning but not earning? The impact of job corps training on hispanic youth

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 651-667

  Flores Lagunes, Alfonso ^a,b   Gonzalez, Arturo ^c   Neumann, Todd ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77954803581     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2009.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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