Valuing the benefits of the education provided by public universities: A case study of Minnesota

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1242-1261

  Damon, Amy ^a   Glewwe, Paul ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Distributional impacts; Higher education subsidies; Minnesota; Social benefits

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIGHER EDUCATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054849501     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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