Improving College Access and Success for Low-Income Students: Evidence from a Large Need-Based Grant Program
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Education and inequality Government Policy Need-based grants college enrollment student persistence degree completion H - Public Economics/H.H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies/H.H5.H52 - Government Expenditures and Education I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I2 - Education and Research Institutions/I.I2.I22 - Educational Finance • Financial Aid I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I2 - Education and Research Institutions/I.I2.I28 - Government Policy J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor/J.J2.J24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor ProductivitySujets proches
Students--Education Children--Education Education of children Schooling Pedagogy Youth--Education Instruction Education, Primitive Human resource developmentCiter ce document
Gabrielle Fack et al., « Improving College Access and Success for Low-Income Students: Evidence from a Large Need-Based Grant Program », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10.1257/app.20130423
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Using comprehensive administrative data on France's single largest financial aid program, this paper provides new evidence on the impact of large-scale need-based grant programs on the college enrollment decisions, persistence, and graduation rates of low-income students. We exploit sharp discontinuities in the grant eligibility formula to identify the impact of aid on student outcomes at different levels of study. We find that the provision of 1,500 euros cash allowances to prospective undergraduate or graduate students increases their college enrollment rates by 5 to 7 percent. Moreover, we show that need-based grants have positive effects on student persistence and degree completion.
