The returns to college admission for academically marginal students

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 711-754

  Zimmerman, Seth D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84924409427     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676661     Document Type: Article

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