The Benefits of Alternatives to Conventional College: Comparing the Labor-Market Returns to For-Profit Schools and Community Colleges
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- Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske & Kyung-Seong Jeon, 2021. "The Benefits of Alternatives to Conventional College: Comparing the Labor-Market Returns to For-Profit Schools and Community Colleges," CESifo Working Paper Series 9272, CESifo.
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Keywords
postsecondary education; labor-market returns; for-profit schools;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2024-07-22 (Education)
- NEP-LMA-2024-07-22 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-URE-2024-07-22 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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