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

Timothy J. Bartik, Brad Hershbein and Marta Lachowska
Published online before print May 06, 2019, 0416-7824R4; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.1.0416-7824R4
Timothy J. Bartik
Senior Economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
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Brad Hershbein
Senior Economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
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Marta Lachowska
Senior Economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
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Abstract

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: comparing eligible to ineligible graduates before and after the Promise’s initiation, and 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.

Keywords
  • place-based scholarship
  • enrollment
  • college completion
  • natural experiment
  • difference-in-differences
  • education policy
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  • I21
  • I22
  • I24

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Timothy J. Bartik, Brad Hershbein, Marta Lachowska
Journal of Human Resources May 2019, 0416-7824R4; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.56.1.0416-7824R4

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Timothy J. Bartik, Brad Hershbein, Marta Lachowska
Journal of Human Resources May 2019, 0416-7824R4; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.56.1.0416-7824R4
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