How Financial Aid Affects Persistence
How Financial Aid Affects Persistence
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10.3386/w10242
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发表时间：
2004-01
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通讯作者：
E. Bettinger
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E. Bettinger
佩尔助学金计划是美国高等教育学生可获得的最大的经济状况调查经济援助，但研究人员对这些赠款的因果影响只有有限的证据。本文探讨了佩尔赠款的影响，对学生的持久性后的第一年。这篇论文使用了来自俄亥俄州所有公立大学的独特的学生水平数据。这些数据包括详细的财务数据，使我能够识别佩尔赠款公式中的小间断。我利用这些不连续性来确定代金券的因果影响。基于不连续方法的结果表明，佩尔赠款减少大学辍学行为。本文的结果支持了其他证据，发现基于需求的援助和大学完成之间的关系（例如Dynarski 2002，Turner和Bound 2002）。
The Pell Grant program is the largest means-tested financial assistance available to postsecondary students across the United States, yet researchers have only limited evidence on the causal effects of these grants. This paper examines the effect of Pell grants on student persistence after the first year. The paper uses unique, student-level data from all public colleges in Ohio. The data include detailed financial data which allow me to identify small discontinuities in the Pell grant formula. I exploit these discontinuities to identify the causal effects of the voucher. The results based on discontinuity approaches suggest that Pell grants reduce college drop-out behavior. The results in this paper support other evidence that find a relationship between need-based aid and college completion (e.g. Dynarski 2002, Turner and Bound 2002).