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Title: The effects of HOPE on post-college retention in the Georgia workforce

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Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: Research suggests that merit scholarship programs increase college enrollment in states that adopt them but post-college migration may limit the effect these programs have on the stock of college-educated labor in those states. In this paper we consider the effect of Georgia's HOPE Scholarship program on post-college retention, estimating the effect in two ways. First, we use administrative data on student and employment records to examine the effects of the HOPE Scholarship on post-college retention rates in the Georgia workforce for students enrolled in the University System of Georgia (USG). Second, we use data from the census and ACS and a difference-in-difference model following the approach of Hickman (2009).

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Authors: Sjoquist, David L.; Winters, John V.

Periodical (Full): Regional Science and Urban Economics

Issue: 3

Volume: 43

Pages: 479-490

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education

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