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Title: The Effect of the HOPE Scholarship Program on Interstate Migration
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2017
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Abstract: The HOPE scholarship program, created by the state of Georgia in 1993, is the first large scale, merit-based higher educational scholarship program in the United States. In this research, I use border analysis and difference-in-differences estimates to test the hypothesis that the HOPE scholarship program attracts interstate education migration from Georgia’s neighboring states. My results support my hypothesis. I find that border areas in Georgia attract high school seniors from the adjacent areas in border states that do not have the HOPE scholarship program. In addition, I use the IPUMS dataset to provide further analysis to the effect of the HOPE scholarship program on interstate migration for entire states rather than for border areas. I find that for a family with high school children, Georgia is the most popular destination state in the inter-state migration within the southeastern area in the period of 1995-2000, because the HOPE scholarship reduces tuition in Georgia significantly.
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Authors: Zhou, Can
Institution: Syracuse University
Department: Social Science
Advisor: Jan Ondrich
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Publisher Location: Syracuse, NY
Pages: 92
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Education
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