Replication data for: Merit Aid, College Quality, and College Completion: Massachusetts' Adams Scholarship as an In-Kind Subsidy
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Sarah R. Cohodes; Joshua S. Goodman
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Project Citation:
Cohodes, Sarah R., and Goodman, Joshua S. Replication data for: Merit Aid, College Quality, and College Completion: Massachusetts’ Adams Scholarship as an In-Kind Subsidy. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113908V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We analyze a Massachusetts merit aid program that gives highscoring
students tuition waivers at in-state public colleges with
lower graduation rates than available alternative colleges. A regression discontinuity design comparing students just above and below the eligibility threshold finds that students are remarkably willing to forgo college quality and that scholarship use actually lowered college completion rates. These results suggest that college quality affects college completion rates. The theoretical prediction that inking subsidies of public institutions can reduce consumption of the
subsidized good is shown to be empirically important.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
I22 Educational Finance; Financial Aid
I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
I28 Education: Government Policy
H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
I22 Educational Finance; Financial Aid
I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
I28 Education: Government Policy
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