Where to attend? Estimating the effects of beginning college at a two-year institution

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 345-362

  Lockwood Reynolds, C ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community college; Costs; Higher education; Human capital; Salary wage differentials

Indexed keywords

COST; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860887433     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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