Student Aid and the Distribution of Educational Attainment

Maggie Jones

No 274699, Queen's Economics Department Working Papers from Queen's University - Department of Economics

Abstract: I examine the effect of student aid on the distribution of educational attainment in the context of a post-secondary funding program for Indigenous students in Canada. I show that student aid programs targeted at marginalized groups can increase average educational attainment; however, these benefits are driven by an increase in college training, not in the number of university degrees. For students living in remote com- munities that face above average costs to graduating high school, the elimination of post-secondary funding programs can have adverse effects on high school graduation rates, highlighting the importance of considering the effect of student aid on the entire distribution of educational attainment.

Keywords: Financial Economics; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 68
Date: 2016-12
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.274699

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