The effects of financial aid and returns information in selective and less selective schools: Experimental evidence from Chile

Labour Economics

Volumn 45, Issue , 2017, Pages 79-91

  Busso, Matias ^a   Dinkelman, Taryn ^b,c,d   Claudia Martinez A ^e,f   Romero, Dario ^g  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f IPA   (United States)

^g Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; Financial aid; Higher education; Information experiment; Returns to education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009478200     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2016.11.001     Document Type: Article

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