Out of work and into school: Labor market policies and college enrollment during the Great Recession

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-73

  Barr, Andrew ^a   Turner, Sarah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Recession; Higher education; UI policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925358702     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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