In-State Merit Aid and College Choice: New Jersey’s STARS Program as a Tuition Subsidy
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In this paper, I test how the implementation of the NJ STARS program has changed patterns of college enrollment choice among eligible students. Applying difference-in-difference logic to a college choice model, I analyze the variation in college enrollment choices of students who were eligible for NJ STARS scholarship aid and students who were similarly qualified but not eligible. In addition, I measure several indicators of college quality and other characteristics of the school(s) in which the students enrolled for post-estimation analysis. My conditional logit choice model shows that students eligible for NJ STARS are 1.7% more likely to enroll in an in-state institution and 61% more likely to enroll in an instate, public, two-year college. Based on the enrollment shifts, I also find that eligible students, on average, enroll in an institution with a 0.79% lower graduation rate and 0.71% less in instructional spending, indicating adverse effects of the program.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | May 2014 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Shah, Namir |
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| Primary advisor | Hoxby, Caroline |
| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Department of Economics |
Subjects
| Subject | Stanford Department of Economics |
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| Subject | College choice |
| Subject | college quality |
| Subject | in-kind subsidy |
| Subject | academic spending |
| Subject | merit aid |
| Subject | NJ STARS |
| Subject | Peltzman hypothesis |
| Genre | Thesis |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/rp096xy3597 |
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- Shah, Namir. (2014). In-State Merit Aid and College Choice: New Jersey’s STARS Program as a Tuition Subsidy. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/rp096xy3597
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