Finish It and It’s Free: An Evaluation of College Graduation Subsidies

Matthew Webb

No 19-08, Carleton Economic Papers from Carleton University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Despite the rapid increase in the returns to higher education witnessed in the labor market over the past few decades, there has also been a marked increase in the share of individuals who dropout of college or university. To boost student persistence in higher education, several Canadian provincial governments introduced a set of reforms that were designed as subsidies for college graduation. In addition, these policies were designed to discourage internal migration following graduation. Using data from both administrative tax records as well as longitudinal surveys, I analyze the effectiveness of these policies. The main findings are that the programs had no effect on internal migration, but significantly reduced college dropout rates.

Keywords: higher education; college dropout; some college; college attrition; education financing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I22 I23 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2019-10-01
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