Educational debt burden and career choice: Evidence from a financial aid experiment at NYU law school

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  Field, Erica ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650179802     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.1.1.1     Document Type: Article

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