The for-profit postsecondary school sector: Nimble critters or agile predators?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-164

  Deming, David J ^a   Goldin, Claudia ^a   Katz, Lawrence F ^a,b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84859806068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.26.1.139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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