Impacts of State Aid for Nontraditional Students on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes
研究利用断点回归设计，评估一项针对非传统学生的州资助项目的影响，发现对社区学院或四年制大学学生的学位完成无影响，但使大型营利性大学学生的学士学位获得率提高4个百分点，对就业和收入无影响。
Up to three-fourths of college students can be classified as “non-traditional”, yet whether typical policy interventions improves their education and labor market outcomes is understudied. The author uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate the impacts of a state financial aid program aimed towards non-traditional students. Eligibility has no impacts on degree completion for students intending to enroll in community colleges or four-year colleges but increases bachelor’s degrees for students interested in large, for-profit colleges by four percentage points. The author finds no impacts on employment or earnings for all applicants. This research highlights challenges in promoting human capital investment for adults.