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The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on College Enrollment and Completion

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  • Timothy J. Bartik
  • Brad Hershbein
  • Marta Lachowska

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We estimate the effects on postsecondary education outcomes of the Kalamazoo Promise, a generous, place-based college scholarship. We identify Promise effects using two forms of difference-in-differences: (i) comparing eligible to ineligible graduates before and after the Promise’s initiation and (ii) comparing the treated district to comparison districts before and after the Promise’s initiation. According to our estimates, the Promise increases college enrollment and credential attainment. Stronger effects occur for women. The results also provide suggestive but less precise evidence that Promise effects extend to disadvantaged groups.

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  • Timothy J. Bartik & Brad Hershbein & Marta Lachowska, 2021. "The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on College Enrollment and Completion," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 56(1), pages 269-310.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:56:y:2021:i:1:p:269-310
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/jhr.56.1.0416-7824R4
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    1. Mumford, Kevin J. & Patterson, Richard & Yim, Anthony, 2024. "College Course Shutouts," IZA Discussion Papers 16859, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Skinner, Benjamin T. & Doyle, William R., 2024. "Predicting postsecondary attendance by family income in the United States using multilevel regression with poststratification," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    3. Mulyaningsih, Tri & Dong, Sarah & Miranti, Riyana & Daly, Anne & Purwaningsih, Yunastiti, 2022. "Targeted scholarship for higher education and academic performance: Evidence from Indonesia," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
    4. Tim Bartik, 2023. "Seize the Time: Needed Research on Local Economic Development in an Era of Increased Attention to Problems of Place," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 37(1), pages 7-13, February.

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