Bounds on average and quantile treatment effects of job corps training on wages

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 659-701

  Blanco, German ^a   Flores, Carlos A ^b   Flores Lagunes, Alfonso ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; TRAINING; WAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884926310     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.48.3.659     Document Type: Article

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