Merit-based college tuition assistance and the conditional probability of in-state work

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 197-218

  Leguizamon, J Sebastian ^a   Hammond, George W ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Employment; Human capital; Merit aid; Tuition assistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924798120     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12053     Document Type: Article

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