The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on College Enrollment and Completion
用双重差分法估计了卡拉马祖承诺奖学金对大学入学和文凭获得的影响，发现该奖学金提高了入学率和毕业率，对女性效果更强，对弱势群体也有积极影响。
We estimate the effects on postsecondary education outcomes of the Kalamazoo Promise, a generous, place-based college scholarship. We identify Promise effects using two forms of difference-in-differences: (i) comparing eligible to ineligible graduates before and after the Promise’s initiation and (ii) comparing the treated district to comparison districts before and after the Promise’s initiation. According to our estimates, the Promise increases college enrollment and credential attainment. Stronger effects occur for women. The results also provide suggestive but less precise evidence that Promise effects extend to disadvantaged groups.