PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Timothy J. Bartik AU - Brad Hershbein AU - Marta Lachowska TI - The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on College Enrollment and Completion AID - 10.3368/jhr.56.1.0416-7824R4 DP - 2021 Jan 01 TA - Journal of Human Resources PG - 269--310 VI - 56 IP - 1 4099 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/56/1/269.short 4100 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/56/1/269.full SO - J Hum Resour2021 Jan 01; 56 AB - 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.