Post-baccalaureate migration and merit-based scholarships

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 155-172

  Fitzpatrick, Maria D ^a   Jones, Damon ^b  

^a Cornell University and NBER ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain drain; Higher education; Interstate migration

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DRAIN; CENSUS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; SKILLED LABOR; STUDENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84981295780     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2016.07.002     Document Type: Article

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