Why has for-profit colleges’ share of higher education expanded so rapidly? Estimating the responsiveness to labor market changes
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Keywords
Enrollment; Community colleges; Degree completion; For-profit colleges;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
- I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
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