Financial Student Aid and Enrollment in Higher Education: New Evidence from Germany

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-147

  Steiner, Viktor ^a   Wrohlich, Katharina ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demand for higher education; Financial incentives

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; HIGHER EDUCATION; INCENTIVE; STUDENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84857624950     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2011.01669.x     Document Type: Article

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