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Born under a Lucky Star

Financial Aid, College Completion, Labor Supply, and Credit Constraints

Jeffrey T. Denning
Journal of Human Resources, July 2019, 54 (3) 760-784; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.3.1116.8359R1
Jeffrey T. Denning
Jeffrey T. Denning is an assistant professor of economics at Brigham Young University and a Research Affiliate at IZA.
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Financial aid can affect both college enrollment and graduation. The effects on graduation can be driven by students being induced to enroll by financial aid, students who would have enrolled anyway graduating as a result of the financial aid, or both. This study isolates the effect of financial aid on the second group by examining a change in aid that did not change enrollment. I study a discontinuous change in the amount of aid available to students who meet the age cutoff for financial independence. I find that additional aid causes some university seniors to graduate one year earlier.

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  • Received November 2016.
  • Accepted December 2017.

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