-income students in Colombia. We use national level data along with a regression discontinuity design to estimate the impact of the … program. The results confirm that the program was effective in terms of increasing the potential number of low-income students … at the margin who would have enrolled in college, decreasing the number of students who dropped out, and increasing their …

I evaluate a financial aid policy which automatically granted 1,800 euros annually to low-income students scoring in … the top 5% of high school students and enrolling in higher education. Using a regression discontinuity design, I find that …. These null results do not appear to be driven by (i) students being unaware of this aid, (ii) crowding out of parents …

This paper exploits discontinuities in the assigment of scholarships targeted at low income students in an Italian … University in order to evaluate the effects of monetary incentives on students' academic achievement. Results reveal positive and … sizeable causal effects both in terms of credits and grades. Gender differentials also emerge: male students drive the results …

low-income students at an elite public university. We find that the program increased four-year graduation rates by about … 8 percentage points for eligible students in the cohorts who experienced the fully developed program. For these cohorts … performance. We conclude that aid programs targeting low-income, high-ability students are most successful when they couple grant …

We empirically examine whether there is discernable variation in the matriculation patterns of low-income students at …, low-income students with need-based aid. While enrollment responses cannot be attributed to these programs, we do find …-distant students. These findings imply that improved access may actually displace some needy students in favor of others. …

to a proliferation of financial aid policy in the U.S. and around the world. More students are receiving more aid today … outside the U.S. on the causal impact of a variety of financial aid policies and programs on students' college decisions …

We study the evolution of a campus-based aid program for low-income students that began with grant-heavy financial aid … years (2004–2006), in which students received additional institutional grant aid and few non-financial supports, improved … postsecondary progress, performance, or completion. In contrast, program-eligible students in more recent cohorts (2007–2010), when …

-ethnicity and socioeconomic status. We find that students are sensitive to the distance they must travel to access public colleges … and universities, but there are heterogeneous effects across students – particularly with regard to distance to public two …-year colleges (i.e., community colleges). White, Asian, and higher-income students who live in a community college desert (i.e., at …