Do the determinants of program participation data provide evidence of cream skimming?

The Performance of Performance Standards

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 125-202

  Heckman, James J ^a,b,c,d   Smith, Jeffrey ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Center for Social Program Evaluation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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