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When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers?

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Joshua Angrist, Philip Oreopoulos and Tyler Williams
Journal of Human Resources, July 2014, 49 (3) 572-610; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.49.3.572
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vol. 49 no. 3 572-610
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.49.3.572
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received August 1, 2012
  • Accepted March 1, 2013
  • Published online July 31, 2014.
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© 2014 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  1. Philip Oreopoulos
  1. Tyler Williams
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