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In-State Tuition Policies and the College Decisions of Undocumented Students: Evidence from Colorado
Publisher: Journals Gateway
Education Finance and Policy (2022) 17 (2): 232–254.
Published: 01 April 2022
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We study the effects of a decrease in college tuition on college application and enrollment behavior. Specifically, we use student-level data to analyze a Colorado law that granted in-state tuition to undocumented students residing in Colorado. We find an increase in the credit hours and persistence of newly enrolled and likely undocumented students. We do not find evidence of changes in the persistence or credit hours of continuing students. Leveraging application-level data, we show suggestive evidence that the policy induced more students to enroll in college through an increase in applications, rather than an increase in the acceptance rate or the enrollment rate.
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Publisher: Journals Gateway
Education Finance and Policy (2020) 15 (4): 593–622.
Published: 01 October 2020
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We examine how workers invest in human capital following unanticipated local labor market downturns. We find that, on average, two-year college enrollment increases by three students within three years for every one hundred workers laid off. This rise in enrollment accounts for half the observed increase in labor force nonparticipation following mass layoffs. Completions in career-technical programs also increase, especially in short-term certificates, but vary by field of study. We find the effect on completions is strongest in fields of study with larger earnings returns.
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