Beyond the Enrolment Gap: Financial Barriers and High-Achieving, Low-Income Students' Persistence in Higher Education. Discussion Paper No. 1987. Revised
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| Title: | Beyond the Enrolment Gap: Financial Barriers and High-Achieving, Low-Income Students' Persistence in Higher Education. Discussion Paper No. 1987. Revised |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Gustave Kenedi, London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom), Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) |
| Source: | Centre for Economic Performance. 2024. |
| Availability: | Centre for Economic Performance. London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK. Tel: +44-20-7955-7673; Fax: +44-20-7404-0612; e-mail: cep.info@lse.ac.uk; Web site: http://cep.lse.ac.uk |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 70 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education High Schools Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | High Achievement, Low Income Students, Academic Persistence, College Students, Student Financial Aid, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, High School Graduates, Merit Scholarships, Grants, Eligibility, Graduation Rate, Academic Degrees |
| Geographic Terms: | France |
| ISSN: | 2042-2695 |
| Abstract: | Little is known about what influences high-achieving, low-income students' persistence in higher education, despite extensive work on their enrolment decision. This paper investigates the role of credit constraints. Using exhaustive administrative data for France, I estimate the impact of automatically granting generous additional aid to enrolled high-achieving, low-income students. Eligibility is communicated too late to affect initial enrolment, allowing me to recover the pure effect on the intensive margin. I find this aid had precisely estimated null effects on persistence, graduation, and did not induce switches to higher quality degrees. This suggests non-financial factors largely explain these students' observed attrition. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | ED674597 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Little is known about what influences high-achieving, low-income students' persistence in higher education, despite extensive work on their enrolment decision. This paper investigates the role of credit constraints. Using exhaustive administrative data for France, I estimate the impact of automatically granting generous additional aid to enrolled high-achieving, low-income students. Eligibility is communicated too late to affect initial enrolment, allowing me to recover the pure effect on the intensive margin. I find this aid had precisely estimated null effects on persistence, graduation, and did not induce switches to higher quality degrees. This suggests non-financial factors largely explain these students' observed attrition. |
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| ISSN: | 2042-2695 |
