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The Effect of Increasing Education Efficiency on University Enrollment

Evidence from Administrative Data and an Unusual Schooling Reform in Germany

Jan Marcus and Vaishali Zambre
Journal of Human Resources, March 2019, 54 (2) 468-502; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.2.1016.8324R
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Assistant professor at the University of Hamburg and research associate at DIW Berlin.
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vol. 54 no. 2 468-502
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.2.1016.8324R
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
History 
  • Received October 1, 2016
  • Accepted September 1, 2017
  • Published online April 16, 2019.

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  1. Jan Marcus (jmarcus{at}diw.de)
  1. Assistant professor at the University of Hamburg and research associate at DIW Berlin.
  1. Vaishali Zambre
  1. Research associate at DIW Berlin.
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