When the saints go marching out: Long-term outcomes for student evacuees from hurricanes Katrina and Rita

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-135

  Sacerdote, Bruce ^a  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84859561098     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.4.1.109     Document Type: Article

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