Schooling and the Vietnam-era GI Bill: Evidence from the draft lottery

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-118

  Angrist, Joshua D ^a   Chen, Stacey H ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

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EID: 79957832991     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.3.2.96     Document Type: Article

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