Claims: Degrees of Mobility: Shifting Low-Income Students to Higher Quality Colleges -- by Elizabeth Burland, Nora Delaney, Susan Dynarski, Katherine B. Leu, CJ Libassi, Katherine Michelmore, Stephanie Owen, Mary A. Quiroga, Elizabeth Salinas
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- title: Degrees of Mobility: Shifting Low-Income Students to Higher Quality Colleges -- by Elizabeth Burland, Nora Delaney, Susan Dynarski, Katherine B. Leu, CJ Libassi, Katherine Michelmore, Stephanie Owen, Mary A. Quiroga, Elizabeth Salinas Source
- url: https://www.nber.org/papers/w35434#fromrss Source
- summary: Earnings inequality among college graduates has grown, and returns to a bachelor's degree (BA) vary substantially across colleges. We experimentally evaluate a program that shifted high-achieving, low-income students into higher-quality colleges. Students randomly offered a guarantee of four years of tuition and fees at the University of Michigan were 21 percentage points more likely to enroll at a UM campus. The offer shifted students across colleges rather than into college: most compliers wou… Source