Information and College Access: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-26

  Oreopoulos, Philip ^a   Dunn, Ryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Higher Education Strategy Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

College access; Information

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84872652095     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2012.01742.x     Document Type: Article

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