Paying for Performance: The Education Impacts of a Community College Scholarship Program for Low-Income Adults

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Barrow, Lisa; Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Rouse, Cecilia Elena; Brock, Thomas
• 署名单位: Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - Chicago; Princeton University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/675229
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 563-599
• 关键词: achievement evidence; school; incentives; aid

摘要

We evaluate the effect of performance-based incentive programs on educational outcomes for community college students from a random assignment experiment at three campuses. Incentive payments over 2 semesters were tied to meeting two conditions-enrolling at least half-time and maintaining a C or better grade point average. Eligibility increased the likelihood of enrolling in the second semester after random assignment and total number of credits earned. Over 2 years, program group students completed nearly 40% more credits. We find little evidence that program eligibility changed types of courses taken but some evidence of increased academic performance and effort.