The impact of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program on college and post-college related choices of high ability, low-income minority students

Stephen L. DesJardins and Brian McCall

Economics of Education Review, 2014, vol. 38, issue C, 124-138

Abstract: In this paper we analyze the impact of the Gates Millennium Scholarship Program on several outcome variables using a regression discontinuity design. We find that GMS recipients have lower college loan debt and parental contributions toward college expenses and work fewer hours during college than non-recipients. We also find that GMS recipients have higher grade point averages in their junior year of college and are more likely to aspire to a Ph.D. degree than non-recipients.

Keywords: Regression discontinuity design; College graduation; Debt accumulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.11.004

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