Paying for performance: The education impacts of a community college scholarship program for low-income adults

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 563-599

  Barrow, Lisa ^a   Richburg Hayes, Lashawn ^b   Rouse, Cecilia Elena ^c   Brock, Thomas ^d  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MDRC ^*  (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Institute of Education Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 84904119098     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675229     Document Type: Article

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