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A second chance? : labor market returns to adult education using school reforms

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The impact of juvenile conviction on human capital and labor market outcomes

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Exploiting discontinuities in secondary school attendance to evaluate value added

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How much does degree choice matter?

Britton, Jack; Erve, Laura van der; Belfield, Chris; … - 2021

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