Was that smart?: Institutional financial incentives and field of study

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 152-186

  Denning, Jeffrey T ^a   Turley, Patrick ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCENTIVE; LANGUAGE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; STUDENT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013350283     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: 15488004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.52.1.0414-6340R1     Document Type: Article

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