The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on College Enrollment and Completion
Upjohn Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6238-8181
Publication Date
2021
Source
The Journal of Human Resources 56(1): 269-310
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: (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.
DOI
10.3368/jhr.56.1.0416-7824R4
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Sponsorship
William T. Grant Foundation
Subject Areas
EDUCATION; Postsecondary education; Postsecondary access; Promise scholarships
Citation
Bartik, Timothy J., Brad Hershbein, and Marta Lachowska. 2021. "The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on College Enrollment and Completion." The Journal of Human Resources 56(1): 269-310. https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.1.0416-7824R4