Does financial aid help poor students succeed in college?

China Economic Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-43

  Wang, Xiaobing ^a   Liu, Chengfang ^a   Zhang, Linxiu ^a   Yue, Ai ^b   Shi, Yaojiang ^b   Chu, James ^c   Rozelle, Scott ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; College; Financial aid; Randomized controlled trial; Self esteem; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873606209     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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