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The Role of Parental Wealth and Income in Financing Children's College Attendance and Its Consequences

V. J. Hotz, Emily Wiemers, Joshua Rasmussen and Kate Maxwell Koegel
Published online before print September 09, 2021, 1018-9828R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1018-9828R2
V. J. Hotz
†V. Josheph Hotz is the Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor of Economics at Duke University.
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Emily Wiemers
‡Emily Wiemers is an associate professor of public administration and research associate at the Aging Studies Institute and Center for Aging and Policy Studies at Syracuse University.
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Joshua Rasmussen
§Joshua Rasmussen is an associate at Energy GPS.
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Kate Maxwell Koegel
¶Kate Maxwell Koegel is an associate at Cornerstone Research.
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