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Assessing the Employment and Earnings of For-Profit College Students Using Administrative Data

Stephanie Riegg Cellini and Nicholas Turner
Journal of Human Resources, March 2019, 54 (2) 342-370; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.2.1016.8302R1
Stephanie Riegg Cellini
Associate professor of public policy and economics at George Washington University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Senior economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
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vol. 54 no. 2 342-370
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.2.1016.8302R1
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received October 1, 2016
  • Accepted August 1, 2017
  • Published online April 16, 2019.

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  1. Stephanie Riegg Cellini (scellini{at}gwu.edu)
  1. Associate professor of public policy and economics at George Washington University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
  1. Nicholas Turner (nick.turner{at}frb.gov)
  1. Senior economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
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