| 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 |