College as Country Club: Do Colleges Cater to Students' Preferences for Consumption?
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JEL classification:
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
- J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2013-02-03 (All new papers)
- NEP-EDU-2013-02-03 (Education)
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