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Raising College Access and Completion: How Much Can Free College Help?

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dc.contributor.authorGarriga, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorFerreyra, Maria Marta
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Juan David
dc.contributor.authorSanchez Diaz, Angelica Maria
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-08T14:56:16Z
dc.date.available2020-10-08T14:56:16Z
dc.date.issued2020-10
dc.description.abstractFree college proposals have become increasingly popular in many countries, yet cross-country evidence indicates that higher college subsidies raise enrollment but not graduation rates. To capture the evidence and evaluate proposals, this paper develops and estimates a dynamic model of college enrollment, performance, and graduation. A central piece of the model, student effort, has a direct effect on class completion and an indirect effect mitigating the risk of performing poorly or dropping out. The model is estimated using rich student-level data from Colombia, and multiple free college programs are simulated. Among them, universal free college expands enrollment the most but does not affect graduation rates, thereby helping explain the evidence. Performance-based free college, in contrast, raises graduation rates yet has a smaller enrollment impacten
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/589501602005455776/Rising-College-Access-and-Completion-How-Much-Can-Free-College-Help
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9428
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34599
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9428
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTERTIARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectHIGHER EDUCATION
dc.subjectFREE COLLEGE
dc.subjectACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION
dc.subjectGRADUATION RATE
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE-BASED FREE COLLEGE
dc.titleRaising College Access and Completionen
dc.title.subtitleHow Much Can Free College Help?en
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okr.crossref.titleRising College Access and Completion : How Much can Free College Help ?
okr.date.disclosure2020-10-06
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/589501602005455776/Rising-College-Access-and-Completion-How-Much-Can-Free-College-Help
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9428
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32466635
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryColombia
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okr.topicEducation::Tertiary Education
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicEducation::Education Finance
okr.topicEducation::Education Reform and Management
okr.topicEducation::Educational Policy and Planning
okr.unitOffice of the Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean Region
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