Estimating the effects of college characteristics over the career using administrative earnings data

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 323-358

  Dale, Stacy B ^a   Krueger, Alan B ^b  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HIGHER EDUCATION; LABOR MARKET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

EID: 84898034736     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.49.2.323     Document Type: Article

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