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Fostering Educational Enrolment Through Subsidies: the Issue of Timing

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  • Mario Fiorini, 2007. "Fostering Educational Enrolment Through Subsidies: the Issue of Timing," 2007 Meeting Papers 365, Society for Economic Dynamics.
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    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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