When opportunity knocks, who answers?: New evidence on college achievement awards

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 572-610

  Angrist, Joshua ^a   Oreopoulos, Philip ^b   Williams, Tyler ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c AMAZON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; HIGHER EDUCATION; INCENTIVE; PSYCHOLOGY;

CANADA;

EID: 84905494471     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.49.3.572     Document Type: Article

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