the effects of increased access to student loans on credit-constrained students' educational attainment, earnings, debt …

, and credit records, to identify the effects of increased student borrowing on credit-constrained students' educational …

from Texas public colleges and a discontinuity in grant generosity for low-income students. Within four-year institutions …We estimate effects of the Pell Grant - the largest U.S. federal grant for college students - using administrative data …, eligibility for additional grant aid significantly increases first-time students' degree completion and later earnings. Our …

target low-income students. …We estimate the effect of grant aid on poor college students' attainment and earnings using student … generosity as a function of family income. Eligibility for the maximum Pell Grant significantly increases degree receipt and …

suggests that increasing grant aid for low-income college students would enhance welfare in many U.S. settings …We estimate effects of the largest U.S. federal grant for college students using administrative data from Texas four … receipt and earnings beginning four years after entry. Estimated increases in income tax payments fully recoup government …