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Low-Touch Attempts to Improve Time Management among Traditional and Online College Students

Philip Oreopoulos, Richard W. Patterson, Uros Petronijevic and Nolan G. Pope
Journal of Human Resources, January 2022, 57 (1) 1-43; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.1.0919-10426R1
Philip Oreopoulos
Philip Oreopoulos is a professor of economics at the University of Toronto.
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Richard W. Patterson
Richard Patterson is an assistant professor of economics at Brigham Young University.
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Uros Petronijevic
Uros Petronijevic is an assistant professor of economics at York University.
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Nolan G. Pope
Nolan Pope is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Maryland.
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