What explains trends in labor supply among U.S. Undergraduates?

National Tax Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 181-210

  Scott Clayton, Judith ^a  

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

Author keywords

College costs; Federal Work Study; Labor supply; Postsecondary education; Student employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866946820     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2012.1.07     Document Type: Review

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