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The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on College Enrollment and Completion
Journal Articles
  • Timothy J Bartik, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
  • Brad J. Hershbein, W.E Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
  • Marta Lachowska, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Publication Date
1-1-2021
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
Citation Information
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.