Ova and out: Using twins to estimate the educational returns to attending a selective college

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 166-180

  Smith, Jonathan ^a  

^a College Board Advocacy and Policy Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

College completion; Higher education; Returns to selectivity

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880998365     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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