Winners and Losers? The Effect of Gaining and Losing Access to Selective Colleges on Education and Labor Market Outcomes

Sandra Black, Jeffrey Denning and Jesse Rothstein

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, vol. 15, issue 1, 26-67

Abstract: We use the introduction of the Texas Top Ten Percent rule to estimate the effect of access to a selective college on graduation and earnings outcomes for two groups of students. For highly ranked students at more disadvantaged high schools, who gained access under the policy, college enrollment and graduation increased. Less highly ranked students at more advantaged schools, who tended to lose access, shifted toward less-selective colleges under the policy, but did not see declines in overall college enrollment, graduation, or earnings. The policy thus benefited students targeted for admission without evidence of adverse effects on displaced students.

JEL-codes: I21 I23 I24 I26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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