TY  - JOUR
AU  - Deming, David
AU  - Dynarski, Susan
TI  - Into College, Out of Poverty? Policies to Increase the Postsecondary Attainment of the Poor
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 15387
PY  - 2009
Y2  - September 2009
DO  - 10.3386/w15387
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w15387
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w15387.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
David J. Deming
Harvard Kennedy School
Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy
79 JFK St
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617/496-4702
E-Mail: david_deming@harvard.edu

Susan Dynarski
University of Michigan
Weill Hall
735 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091
Tel: 734 615 5113
Fax: NA
E-Mail: dynarski@umich.edu
M1  - published as David Deming, Susan Dynarski. "College Aid," in Phillip B. Levine and David J. Zimmerman, editors, "Targeting Investments in Children: Fighting Poverty When Resources are Limited" University of Chicago Press (2010)

M3  - presented at "Targeting Investments in Children", September 26, 2008
AB  - We review the experimental and quasi-experimental research evidence on the causal relationship between college costs and educational attainment, with a particular focus on low-income populations. The weight of the evidence indicates that reducing college costs can increase college entry and persistence. Simple and transparent programs appear to be most effective. Programs that link money to incentives and/or the takeup of academic support services appear to be particularly effective.
ER  -