Exploring the effects of financial aid on the gap in student dropout risks by income level
Exploring the effects of financial aid on the gap in student dropout risks by income level
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DOI：
10.1007/s11162-007-9060-9
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发表时间：
2008-02-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
DesJardins, Stephen L.
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作者：
Chen, Rong;DesJardins, Stephen L.
本研究使用全国性调查数据和离散时间logit模型，试图了解学生资助是否介导父母收入和学生辍学行为之间的关系。我们的分析证实，与高收入学生相比，低收入学生的辍学率存在差距，并表明某些类型的援助与较低的辍学风险有关。因此，我们研究财政援助类型和父母收入之间的相互作用，以探讨是否，如果是这样，如何不同类型的援助可能会减少收入水平组的辍学差距。我们发现，收到佩尔助学金与缩小低收入和中等收入群体学生之间的辍学差距有关，尽管总体上佩尔助学金和收入之间的相互作用并不显着。贷款和勤工助学对所有收入群体的学生辍学率都有类似的影响。从方法上讲，我们的研究结果表明，需要模型辍学行为的时间和避免主效应的偏见，将相互作用的影响。
Using national survey data and discrete-time logit modeling, this research seeks to understand whether student aid mediates the relationship between parental income and student dropout behavior. Our analysis confirms that there is a gap in dropout rates for low-income students compared with their upper income peers, and suggests that some types of aid are associated with lower risks of dropout. Thus, we examine the interaction between financial aid type and parental income to explore whether, and if so how, different types of aid may reduce the dropout gap by income level group. We find that the receipt of a Pell grant is related to narrowing the dropout gap between students from low- and middle-income groups, although overall the interaction between Pell grant and income is not significant. Loans and work-study aid both have similar effects on student dropout across all income groups. Methodologically, our results demonstrate the need to model dropout behavior temporally and to avoid main-effect bias by incorporating interaction effects.