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Research ArticleII. Supply and Demand: Cost and Distributional Outcomes
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Beyond Earnings and Social Reproduction: Can College Lead to Good Jobs Without Reproducing Social Inequalities?

James E. Rosenbaum, Caitlin E. Ahearn, Janet E. Rosenbaum, Kelly I. Becker
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences April 2016, 2 (1) 90-110; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.05
James E. Rosenbaum
aProfessor of sociology, education, and social policy at Northwestern University
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bResearch director of the Pathways Project at Northwestern University
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Janet E. Rosenbaum
cAssistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
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dAssociate director of student affairs assessment at Northwestern University
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vol. 2 no. 1 90-110
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https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.05

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  1. James E. Rosenbauma,
  2. Caitlin E. Ahearnb,
  3. Janet E. Rosenbaumc and
  4. Kelly I. Beckerd
  1. aProfessor of sociology, education, and social policy at Northwestern University
  2. bResearch director of the Pathways Project at Northwestern University
  3. cAssistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
  4. dAssociate director of student affairs assessment at Northwestern University
  1. Corresponding authors:
    James E. Rosenbaum, (j-rosenbaum{at}northwestern.edu); Caitlin E. Ahearn, (caitlinahearn2013{at}u.northwestern.edu); Janet E. Rosenbaum, (janet.rosenbaum{at}downstate.edu); Kelly I. Becker, (kib{at}u.northwestern.edu)
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