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The Effect of Housing Wealth on College Choice: Evidence from the Housing Boom

Michael F. Lovenheim and C. Lockwood Reynolds
Journal of Human Resources, January 2013, 48 (1) 1-35; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.48.1.1
Michael F. Lovenheim
Michael F. Lovenheim is an assistant professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University as well as a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. C. Lockwood Reynolds is an assistant professor of economics at Kent State University
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Michael F. Lovenheim is an assistant professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell University as well as a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. C. Lockwood Reynolds is an assistant professor of economics at Kent State University
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