The short- and long-term career effects of graduating in a recession

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-29

  Oreopoulos, Philip ^a,b   von Wachter, Till ^b,c   Heisz, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 84858647709     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.4.1.1     Document Type: Article

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