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Research ArticleII. Supply and Demand: Cost and Distributional Outcomes
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The Changing Landscape of Tuition and Enrollment in American Public Higher Education

Steven W. Hemelt, Dave E. Marcotte
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences April 2016, 2 (1) 42-68; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.03
Steven W. Hemelt
aAssistant professor of public policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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bProfessor of public policy and director of the Washington Institute for Public Affairs Research at American University in Washington, D.C
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    Compositional Changes in Revenue at Public Universities

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    Changes in Public Higher Education Choices by Public Four-Year Tuition-Growth Group, 1992–2004

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    Enrollment Changes After Large Public Four-Year Tuition Increases, 1992–2004

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    Nested Model of College Choice

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    Expenditures at Public Four-Year Institutions by Public Four-Year Tuition-Growth Group

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    High School Graduates by Public Four-Year Tuition-Growth Group

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    Changes in Average Test Scores Between NELS and ELS by Public Four-Year Tuition-Growth Group

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Steven W. Hemelt, Dave E. Marcotte
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Steven W. Hemelt, Dave E. Marcotte
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Apr 2016, 2 (1) 42-68; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.03
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