Estimating the effects of length of exposure to instruction in a training program: The case of job corps

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-171

  Flores, Carlos A ^a   Flores Lagunes, Alfonso ^b,c   Gonzalez, Arturo ^c,d   Neumann, Todd C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IZA ^*  (Germany)

^d OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84858598612     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00177     Document Type: Article

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