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Impacts of State Aid for Nontraditional Students on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes

Oded Gurantz
Journal of Human Resources, January 2022, 57 (1) 241-271; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.1.0618-9570R2
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Oded Gurantz is an assistant professor in the Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri.
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