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The Effects of Hurricane Katrina on Medium-Term Student Outcomes in New Orleans

View ORCID ProfileDouglas N. Harris and Matthew F. Larsen
Journal of Human Resources, September 2023, 58 (5) 1608-1643; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.5.0819-10367R2
Douglas N. Harris
Douglas N. Harris is Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, the Schlieder Foundation Chair in Public Education, Director of the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans, and Director of the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH) at Tulane University ().
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Matthew F. Larsen is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Lafayette College and a Non-Resident Research Fellow at ERA-New Orleans ().
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