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Page 1. Page 2. Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College
Attendance and Completion Susan M. Dynarski NBER Working Paper No. 7422
November 1999 JEL No. I22, J24 ABSTRACT Does student aid ...
The federal government and the states have recently enacted a slew of aid policies aimed at
college students from middle-and high-income families. I estimate the impact of aid on the
college attendance of middle-and upper-income youth by evaluating Georgia's HOPE ...
S Dynarski - American Economic Review, 2002 - nber.org
Subsidizing the cost of education is one of the most common, and expensive, activities of
governments. While primary and secondary schooling is available tuition-free in the United
States, among post-secondary students the direct cost of schooling is quite ...
S Dynarski, J Gruber, RA Moffitt… - Brookings Papers on …, 1997 - JSTOR
THE LABOR MARKET in the United States is marked by considerable year-to-year variation
in individual earnings.'In theory, variation in the earnings of family heads need not be a
source of welfare loss to families. Families can rely on their own savings, the labor supply ...
Merit aid, a discount to college costs contingent upon academic performance, is nothing
new. Colleges and private organizations have long rewarded high-achieving, college-bound
high school students with scholarships. For example, the privately funded National Merit ...
Half of college students drop out before completing a degree. These low rates of college
completion among young people should be viewed in the context of slow future growth in
the educated labor force, as the well-educated baby boomers retire and new workers are ...
Page 1. NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE COST OF COMPLEXITY IN
FEDERAL STUDENT AID: LESSONS FROM OPTIMAL TAX THEORY AND
BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS Susan M. Dynarski Judith E. Scott-Clayton ...
S Dynarski - Kennedy School of Government Working Paper, 2002 - nber.org
Abstract During the 1999-2000 school year, students borrowed $36 billion through the
federal loan program, double the volume in 1992-93. Despite the large size and rapid
growth of the student loan market, it has been the subject of little economic analysis. Does ...
... positive correlation between income and the advantages of the tax-advantaged college savings
accounts. Susan M. Dynarski Kennedy School of Government Harvard University 79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 and NBER susan@dynarski@harvard.edu Page 3. 1 ...
Since the early Nineties, a dozen states have established broad-based merit aid programs.
The typical program waives tuition and fees at public colleges and universities in one's
home state. Unlike traditional merit programs, such as the National Merit Scholarship, this ...
A Abdulkadiroglu, J Angrist,
S Cohodes… - Boston, MA: Boston …, 2009 - folio.iupui.edu
Abstract: Assesses the impact of charter and pilot schools on achievement by tracking
students who showed similar academic traits in earlier grades across school types. Also
compares applicants who won the lottery to attend charters or pilots and those who did not.
A Abdulkadiroglu, J Angrist,
S Dynarski, TJ Kane… - 2009 - nber.org
Charter schools are publicly funded but operate outside the regulatory framework and
collective bargaining agreements characteristic of traditional public schools. In return for this
freedom, charter schools are subject to heightened accountability. This paper estimates ...
D Deming… - 2009 - nber.org
We review the experimental and quasi-experimental research evidence on the causal
relationship between college costs and educational attainment, with a particular focus on
low-income populations. The weight of the evidence indicates that reducing college costs ...
[CITATION] Race, income, and the impact of merit aid
A growing body of empirical evidence shows that some financial aid programs increase
college enrollment. Puzzlingly, there is little compelling evidence that Pell Grants and
Stafford Loans, the primary federal student aid programs, are effective in achieving this ...
Abstract: The federal system of student financial aid is broken. Information about aid
eligibility is hidden behind a thicket of complicated paperwork, and is also highly uncertain.
Concrete information arrives just a few months before or even months after students enroll ...
A Abdulkadiroğlu, JD Angrist… - … Quarterly Journal of …, 2011 - qje.oxfordjournals.org
Skip Navigation. ...
Page 1. NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES TAX POLICY AND EDUCATION POLICY: COLLISION
OR COORDINATION? A CASE STUDY OF THE 529 AND COVERDELL SAVING INCENTIVES
Susan M. Dynarski Working Paper 10357 http://www.nber.org/papers/w10357 ...
JD Angrist,
SM Dynarski, TJ Kane… - American Economic …, 2010 - nber.org
Page 1. 1 American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 100 (May 2010): 1–5
http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/aer.100.2.1 The charter school landscape
includes a vari- ety of organizational models and a few national franchises. ...
S Dynarski - Harvard University, unpublished manuscript, 2007 - stat.unipd.it
This paper documents and explores differences between men and women in their
educational outcomes and responsiveness to educational interventions. Women now
outnumber men in college by a substantial margin. Male education levels have stagnated ...
S Dynarski - Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, …, 2005 - cee.lse.ac.uk
This paper examines whether subsidies to college costs can induce more people to obtain a
college degree. Careful empirical studies of the impact of tuition, merit aid, Pell Grants and
other grant programs have all concluded that decreasing college costs substantially ...
[CITATION] College choices: The economics of where to go, when to go, and how to pay for it
S Dynarski… - 2004 - University of Chicago Press
[CITATION] Forthcoming.“Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor.”
SM Dynarski… - Journal of Human Resources
The nonpartisan Urban Institute publishes studies, reports, and books on timely topics
worthy of public consideration. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not
be attributed to the Urban Institute, its trustees, or its funders.
[CITATION] Gains and gaps: a historical perspective on inequality in college entry and completion
MJ Bailey… - … Inequality and Educational Disadvantage, Russel Sage, 2011
[CITATION] Forthcoming.“Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston's Charters and Pilots.”
A Abdulkadiroglu, JD Angrist, SM Dynarski, TJ Kane… - Quarterly Journal of Economics
[CITATION] Tax Policy and Financial Aid Policy: Collision or Coordinarion? A Case Study of the 529 and Coverdell Savings Incentives
S Dynarski - Tax Policy and the Economy, 2003
[CITATION] Earnings Instability and Family Living Standards
S Dynarski… - Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, forthcoming, 1997
The effect of vouchers on sorting between private and public schools depends upon the
price elasticity of demand for private schooling. Estimating this elasticity is empirically
challenging because prices and quantities are jointly determined in the market for private ...
S Dynarski… - Tax Notes, 2006 - americanprogress.org
A college education is a good investment, for both individuals and society. Over a lifetime, a
worker with a bachelor's degree earns, on average, a million dollars more than a less-
educated worker. College graduates are more likely to vote and live healthy lives. On ...
[CITATION] Who Benefits from the College Saving Incentives? Income, Educational Expectations and the Value of the 529 and Coverdell
S Dynarski - National Tax Journal, 2004
[CITATION] Who benefits from the education saving incentives?
[CITATION] Pell grants on a postcard: a proposal for simple and predictable federal student aid
SM Dynarski… - 2007 - Hamilton Project Discussion Paper
[CITATION] The effect of class size on postsecondary enrollment, persistence and completion
S Dynarski, J Hyman… - Unpublished manuscript, 2011
[CITATION] Future of Children conference participants provided helpful comments on a prior draft; Bridget Lavelle provided excellent research assistance
G Berlin, M Corcoran, S Dynarski… - This paper was supported, in part, by flagrant …
[CITATION] Finishing college: The role of schooling costs in degree attainment
S Dynarski - 2005 - Working paper, Harvard University
[CITATION] December. The Consequences of Merit Aid
S Dynarski - NBER Working Paper, 2002
This paper examines the effect of early childhood investments on college enrollment and
degree completion. We use the random assignment in the Project STAR experiment to
estimate the effect of smaller classes in primary school on college entry, college choice, ...
[CITATION] M.(1999),“Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion,”
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SM Dynarski - Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007 - nber.org
Page 1. http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i50/50b02001.htm From the issue dated
August 17, 2007 POINT OF VIEW Focus Tax Incentives on the Students Who Need
Them By SUSAN M. DYNARSKI In 1997 Congress crafted an ...
SM Dynarski… - National Tax Association Papers and …, 2007 - nber.org
Page 1. INTRODUCTION THE FEDERAL SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING student
financial aid rivals the tax code in its complexity. In previous work, we have argued
that complexity is a serious obstacle to both efficiency and equity ...
Each year, fourteen million households seeking federal aid for college complete a detailed
questionnaire about their finances, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). At
116 questions, the FAFSA is almost as long as IRS Form 1040 and substantially longer ...
[CITATION] Charter Schools: A Report on Rethinking the Federal Role in Education
S Dynarski, M Croft, G Whitehurst… - 2010 - Brown Center on Education Policy at …
[CITATION] The Feasibility of Delivering Aid for College through the Tax System
S Dynarski… - National Tax Association Annual Conference, …, 2006
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Page 1. 1 Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Complexity in Student Aid Susan M. Dynarski *
Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government & National Bureau of Economic Research
Judith E. Scott-Clayton * Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government ...
S Dynarski - Leadership Working Papers, September, 2009 - hks.harvard.edu
Independent scholarship produces its greatest value when it confronts the core problems of
our society and brings cutting-edge research tools to bear upon them. The Harvard Kennedy
School continuously strives to meet this dual challenge of academic rigor and policy ...
S Dynarski - 2009 - hks.harvard.edu
Independent scholarship produces its greatest value when it confronts the core problems of
our society and brings cutting-edge research tools to bear upon them. The Harvard Kennedy
School continuously strives to meet this dual challenge of academic rigor and policy ...
This paper examines whether subsidies to college costs can induce more people to
complete college. Careful empirical studies of the impact of tuition, merit aid, Pell Grants and
other grant programs have all concluded that decreasing college costs substantially ...
[CITATION] From Sit-down to Check-off: the Impact of Wartime Federal Labor Policy on the Organizational Development of the UAW
S Dynarski… - Program on Education Policy and …, 2006 - eric.ed.gov
Abstract: The complexity of the federal tax code has been the focus of reform efforts for
decades, and has received considerable attention in the economic literature. The federal
system for distributing student financial aid is similarly convoluted, yet has received ...
JE Gruber, JD Angrist,
SM Dynarski - 1999 - dspace.mit.edu
Page 1. Student Aid and College Attendance: Analysis of Government Intervention
in the Higher Education Market by Susan Marie Dynarski Master in Public Policy
Harvard University, 1995 AB Social Studies Harvard University ...
[CITATION] College Grants on a Postcard: A Proposal for Simple and Predictable Federal Student Aid
J Scott-Clayton… - Wall Street Journal, 2008
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S Dynarski… - TAX, 2006 - nber.org
Page 1. Simplify, Refocus, and Coordinate Tax Incentives for Higher Education Susan Dynarski,
Harvard University & NBER Judith Scott-Clayton, Harvard University Center for American
Progress March 24, 2006 Page 2. College Is a Good Investment ...
JD ANGRIST,
SM DYNARSKI… - … Quarterly Journal of …, 2011 - qje.oxfordjournals.org
Page 1. ERRATUM: ACCOUNTABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: EVIDENCE
FROM BOSTON'S CHARTERS AND PILOTS ATILA ABDULKADIRO ˘GLU JOSHUA D. ANGRIST
SUSAN M. DYNARSKI THOMAS J. KANE PARAG A. PATHAK ...
JD Angrist,
SM Dynarski, TJ Kane… - National Bureau of …, 2010 - eric.ed.gov
ED508549 - Who Benefits from KIPP? NBER Working Paper No. 15740.
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Page 1. NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES GAINS AND GAPS: CHANGING
INEQUALITY IN US COLLEGE ENTRY AND COMPLETION Martha J. Bailey Susan
M. Dynarski Working Paper 17633 http://www.nber.org/papers/w17633 ...
[CITATION] Can schools alone close the achievement gap?
J Angrist,
SM Dynarski - Annual …, 2012 - … Reviews 4139 El Camino Way, PO …
[CITATION] INEQUALITY IN POSTSECONDARY ATTAINMENT: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
D Deming… - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2008 - eric.ed.gov
Abstract: Forty years ago, 96 percent of six-year-old children were enrolled in first grade or
above. As of 2005, the figure was just 84 percent. The school attendance rate of six-year-
olds has not decreased; rather, they are increasingly likely to be enrolled in kindergarten ...
D Acemoglu, J Altonji, D Autor, S Black… - Journal of Labor …, 2010 - JSTOR
Shimer received his PhD from MIT in 1996; one of his advisors was Daron Acemoglu, winner
of the inaugural Sherwin Rosen Prize in 2004. Shimer's work is mainly concerned with the
implications of labor market frictions. Labor economists have always stressed the idea that ...
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member no longer at HKS). Public Testimony. Dynarski, Susan. ...
Abstract: Since the early nineties, a dozen states have established broad-based merit aid
programs. The typical program waives tuition and fees at public colleges and universities in
one's home state. Unlike traditional merit programs, such as the National Merit ...
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D Deming… - 2008 - nber.org
College-going has risen substantially over the past forty years. In 1968, 36 percent of 23-
year-olds had gone to college, while by 2005, that figure had grown to 58 percent. 1 But
these gains have been uneven. African-Americans are about half as likely as non- ...
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S Dynarski… - NBER Book Chapter, 2008 - papers.ssrn.com
Executive Summary A growing body of empirical evidence shows that some financial aid
programs increase college enrollment. Puzzlingly, there is little compelling evidence that
Pell Grants and Stafford Loans, the primary federal student aid programs, are effective in ...
Abstract: 529 saving plans and Coverdell Educational Savings Accounts are marketed as
attractive vehicles for college savings. The main finding of this paper is that college savings
plans can actually harm some families. The joint treatment by the income tax code and ...
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