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Title:

College choices : the economics of where to go, when to go, and how to pay for it / edited by Caroline M. Hoxby.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

x, 435 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

College choice--Economic aspects--United States--Congresses.
Student aid--United States.--Congresses.
College attendance--United States--Congresses.

Other Authors:

Hoxby, Caroline Minter.
National Bureau of Economic Research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

Introduction / Caroline M. Hoxby -- Going to college and finishing college : explaining different educational outcomes / Sarah E. Turner -- The new merit aid / Susan Dunarski -- The impact of Federal tax credits for higher education expenses / Bridget Terry Long -- Education savings incentives and household saving : evidence from the 2000 TIAA-CREF Survey of Participant Finances / Jennifer Ma -- How financial aid affects persistence / Eric Bettinger -- Do and should financial aid packages affect students' college choices? / Christopher Avery and Caroline M. Hoxby -- Resident and nonresident tuition and enrollment at flagship state universities / Michael J. Rizzo and Ronald G. Ehrenberg -- Student perceptions of college opportunities : the Boston COACH Program / Christopher Avery and Thomas J. Kane -- Peer effects in higher education / Gordon C. Winston and David J. Zimmerman.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

ISBN:

9780226355351 (cloth: alk. paper)
0226355357 (cloth: alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56548030

LCCN:

2004048030

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)