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The effect of tax-based federal student aid on college enrollment

Tax-based federal student aid - the Hope Tax Credit, Lifetime Learning Tax Credit, and Tuition Deduction - marks a ... Show more
Tax-based federal student aid - the Hope Tax Credit, Lifetime Learning Tax Credit, and Tuition Deduction - marks a new paradigm for federal aid by offering tax incentives for post-secondary enrollment for the middle class. The author exploits policy-induced variation in tax-based aid eligibility to estimate its causal effect on college enrollment. The author finds that tax-based aid increases full-time enrollment in the first two years of college for 18 to 19 years old by 7 per cent. The price sensitivity of enrollment suggests that college enrollment increases 0.3 percentage points per $100 of tax-based aid. The programs do not appear to substantively affect part-time enrollment in the first two years of college.
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Authors: Turner, Nicholas

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: North America; United States

Resource type: Article

Journal title: National tax journal

Subjects: Finance; Students; Participation ... [+] Show more