Student aid and the distribution of educational attainment

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I examine the effect of student aid on the distribution of educational attainment in the context of a post-secondary funding program for Indigenous students in Canada. I show that student aid programs targeted at marginalized groups can increase average educational attainment; however, these benefits are driven by an increase in college training, not in the number of university degrees. For students living in remote communities that face above average costs to graduating high school, the elimination of post-secondary funding programs can have adverse effects on high school graduation rates, highlighting the importance of considering the effect of student aid on the entire distribution of educational attainment.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Queen's Economics Department Working Paper ; No. 1373

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Analysis of Education ; Educational Finance; Financial Aid ; Education: Government Policy ; Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
• Subject: Education ; post-secondary funding ; student aid ; education choice

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Jones, Maggie
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Queen's University, Department of Economics
• (where): Kingston (Ontario)
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/149099
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET