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The Consequences of Academic Match between Students and Colleges

Eleanor Wiske Dillon and Jeffrey Andrew Smith
Published online before print November 13, 2019, 0818-9702R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.3.0818-9702R1
Eleanor Wiske Dillon
Eleanor Dillon is Visiting Assistant Professor at Amherst College. Jeffrey Smith is Paul T. Heyne Distinguished Chair in Economics and Richard Meese Chair in Applied Econometrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an affiliate of the NBER, IZA, CESifo and HCEO.
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Eleanor Dillon is Visiting Assistant Professor at Amherst College. Jeffrey Smith is Paul T. Heyne Distinguished Chair in Economics and Richard Meese Chair in Applied Econometrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an affiliate of the NBER, IZA, CESifo and HCEO.
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0818-9702R1
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.3.0818-9702R1
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  1. Eleanor Dillon is Visiting Assistant Professor at Amherst College. Jeffrey Smith is Paul T. Heyne Distinguished Chair in Economics and Richard Meese Chair in Applied Econometrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an affiliate of the NBER, IZA, CESifo and HCEO.

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