The Long-Term Effects of Career Guidance in High School and Student Financial Aid: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
通过随机实验，研究了加拿大高中职业指导项目和助学金对大学入学、毕业及至29岁收入的影响，发现职业指导显著提升收入和毕业率，而助学金效果较弱。
This paper studies the effects of a randomized control trial in which Canadian high school students were randomly invited to participate in a career guidance program during high school and/or made eligible for extra financial aid conditional on college enrollment. I use administrative records to examine the effects of the interventions on college enrollment, graduation, and income up to age 29. The guidance intervention increased students’ four-year college enrollment and graduation rates and had positive effects on individuals’ income in adulthood. The financial aid intervention had a significantly lower impact on individuals’ income in adulthood despite also increasing college enrollment.