| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w25349 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 25349 |
| Closing the Gap: The Effect of a Targeted, Tuition-Free Promise on College Choices of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students | |
| Susan Dynarski; C.J. Libassi; Katherine Michelmore; Stephanie Owen | |
| 发表日期 | 2018-12-10 |
| 出版年 | 2018 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | High-achieving, low-income students attend selective colleges at far lower rates than upper-income students with similar achievement. Behavioral biases, intensified by complexity and uncertainty in the admissions and aid process, may explain this gap. In a large-scale experiment we test an early commitment of free tuition at a flagship university. The intervention did not increase aid: rather, students were guaranteed before application the same grant aid that they would qualify for in expectation after admission. The offer substantially increased application (68 percent vs 26 percent) and enrollment rates (27 percent vs 12 percent). The results suggest that uncertainty, present bias, and loss aversion loom large in students’ college decisions. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Education |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w25349 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/583022 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Susan Dynarski,C.J. Libassi,Katherine Michelmore,et al. Closing the Gap: The Effect of a Targeted, Tuition-Free Promise on College Choices of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students. 2018. |
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| w25349.pdf（2758KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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