Help or hindrance? the effects of college remediation on academic and labor market outcomes

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 436-454

  Martorell, Paco ^a   McFarlin Jr , Isaac ^b,c  

^a RAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 79957469951     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00098     Document Type: Article

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