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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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