View in EDS

Beyond the Enrolment Gap: Financial Barriers and High-Achieving, Low-Income Students' Persistence in Higher Education. Discussion Paper No. 1987. Revised

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: Beyond the Enrolment Gap: Financial Barriers and High-Achieving, Low-Income Students' Persistence in Higher Education. Discussion Paper No. 1987. Revised
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
FullText Text:
  Availability: 0
CustomLinks:
  – Url: https://eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED674597
    Name: ERIC Full Text
    Category: fullText
    Text: Full Text from ERIC
Header DbId: eric
DbLabel: ERIC
An: ED674597
AccessLevel: 3
PubType: Report
PubTypeId: report
PreciseRelevancyScore: 0
IllustrationInfo
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: Beyond the Enrolment Gap: Financial Barriers and High-Achieving, Low-Income Students' Persistence in Higher Education. Discussion Paper No. 1987. Revised
– Name: Language
  Label: Language
  Group: Lang
  Data: English
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Gustave+Kenedi%22">Gustave Kenedi</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22London+School+of+Economics+and+Political+Science+%28United+Kingdom%29%2C+Centre+for+Economic+Performance+%28CEP%29%22">London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom), Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)</searchLink>
– Name: TitleSource
  Label: Source
  Group: Src
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="SO" term="%22Centre+for+Economic+Performance%22"><i>Centre for Economic Performance</i></searchLink>. 2024.
– Name: Avail
  Label: Availability
  Group: Avail
  Data: 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
– Name: PeerReviewed
  Label: Peer Reviewed
  Group: SrcInfo
  Data: N
– Name: Pages
  Label: Page Count
  Group: Src
  Data: 70
– Name: DatePubCY
  Label: Publication Date
  Group: Date
  Data: 2024
– Name: TypeDocument
  Label: Document Type
  Group: TypDoc
  Data: Reports - Evaluative
– Name: Audience
  Label: Education Level
  Group: Audnce
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="EL" term="%22Higher+Education%22">Higher Education</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="EL" term="%22Postsecondary+Education%22">Postsecondary Education</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="EL" term="%22High+Schools%22">High Schools</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="EL" term="%22Secondary+Education%22">Secondary Education</searchLink>
– Name: Subject
  Label: Descriptors
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22High+Achievement%22">High Achievement</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Low+Income+Students%22">Low Income Students</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Academic+Persistence%22">Academic Persistence</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22College+Students%22">College Students</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Student+Financial+Aid%22">Student Financial Aid</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Program+Effectiveness%22">Program Effectiveness</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Foreign+Countries%22">Foreign Countries</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22High+School+Graduates%22">High School Graduates</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Merit+Scholarships%22">Merit Scholarships</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Grants%22">Grants</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Eligibility%22">Eligibility</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Graduation+Rate%22">Graduation Rate</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Academic+Degrees%22">Academic Degrees</searchLink>
– Name: Subject
  Label: Geographic Terms
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22France%22">France</searchLink>
– Name: ISSN
  Label: ISSN
  Group: ISSN
  Data: 2042-2695
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Abstract
  Group: Ab
  Data: 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.
– Name: AbstractInfo
  Label: Abstractor
  Group: Ab
  Data: As Provided
– Name: DateEntry
  Label: Entry Date
  Group: Date
  Data: 2025
– Name: AN
  Label: Accession Number
  Group: ID
  Data: ED674597
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=ED674597
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Languages:
      – Text: English
    PhysicalDescription:
      Pagination:
        PageCount: 70
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: High Achievement
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Low Income Students
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Academic Persistence
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: College Students
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Student Financial Aid
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Program Effectiveness
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Foreign Countries
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: High School Graduates
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Merit Scholarships
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Grants
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Eligibility
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Graduation Rate
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Academic Degrees
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: France
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: Beyond the Enrolment Gap: Financial Barriers and High-Achieving, Low-Income Students' Persistence in Higher Education. Discussion Paper No. 1987. Revised
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom), Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Gustave Kenedi
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 11
              Type: published
              Y: 2024
          Identifiers:
            – Type: issn-print
              Value: 2042-2695
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: Centre for Economic Performance
              Type: main
ResultId 1