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Into College, Out of Poverty? Policies to Increase the Postsecondary Attainment of the Poor
Dynarski, Susan; Deming, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We review the experimental and quasi-experimental research evidence on the causal relationship between college costs and educational attainment, with a particular focus on low-income populations. The weight of the evidence indicates that reducing college costs can increase college entry and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008627134
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Leveling Up: Early Results from a Randomized Evaluation of Post-Secondary Aid
Angrist, Joshua; Autor, David; Hudson, Sally; Pallais, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Does financial aid increase college attendance and completion? Selection bias and the high implicit tax rates imposed by overlapping aid programs make this question difficult to answer. This paper reports initial findings from a randomized evaluation of a large privately-funded scholarship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011119803
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Credit Constraints in Education
Lochner, Lance; Monge-Naranjo, Alexander - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
We review studies of the impact of credit constraints on the accumulation of human capital. Evidence suggests that credit constraints are increasingly important for schooling and other aspects of households' behavior. We highlight the importance of early childhood investments, since their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294899
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The Curious Dawn of American Public Schools
Lindert, Peter H.; Go, Sun - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
Three factors help to explain why school enrollments in the Northern United States were higher than those in the South …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005829343
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To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy
de la Croix, David; Doepke, Matthias - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
The governments of nearly all countries are major providers of primary and secondary education to their citizens. In some countries, however, public schools coexist with private schools, while in others the government is the sole provider of education. In this study, we ask why different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005050447
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The Determinants of Public Education Expenditures: Evidence from the States, 1950-1990
Fernandez, Raquel; Rogerson, Richard - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1997
We examine a panel data set for the US states over the period 1950-1990 and use it to assess the effects of growth in personal income and number of students on expenditure on public primary and secondary education. Our analysis suggests that the share of personal income devoted to education is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005575102
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Early and Late Human Capital Investments, Borrowing Constraints, and the Family
Caucutt, Elizabeth; Lochner, Lance - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
This paper investigates the importance of family borrowing constraints in determining human capital investments in children at early and late ages. We begin by providing new evidence from the Children of the NLSY (CNLSY) which suggests that borrowing constraints bind for at least some families...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010584458
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Student Loans and Repayment: Theory, Evidence and Policy
Lochner, Lance; Monge-Naranjo, Alexander - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
finance consumption while in school, (ii) providing insurance against uncertain adverse schooling or post-school labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123617
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Borrowing Trouble? Student Loans, the Cost of Borrowing, and Implications for the Effectiveness of Need-Based Grant Aid
Marx, Benjamin M.; Turner, Lesley J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
We use regression discontinuity and regression kink designs to estimate the impact of need-based grant aid on the borrowing and educational attainment of students enrolled in a large public university system. Pell Grant aid substantially reduces borrowing: among students who would borrow in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123628
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Decentralizing Education Resources: School Grants in Senegal
Carneiro, Pedro; Meghir, Costas; Koussihouèdé, Oswald; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether … resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants … focused funds on human resources improvements rather than school materials, suggesting that teachers and principals may be a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240567