Learning from the test: Raising selective college enrollment by providing information

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 671-684

  Goodman, Sarena ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

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EID: 84990043395     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00600     Document Type: Article

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