Who benefits most from financial aid? The heterogeneous effect of need-based grants on students' college persistence

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 807-829

  Alon, Sigal ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 80051578016     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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