Cash-on-hand and college enrollment evidence from population tax data and the earned income tax credit by Day Manoli and Nicholas Turner
By: Manoli, Dayanand S.
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Contributor(s): Turner, Nicholas.
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ArticlePublisher: 2018Subject(s): ENSEÑANZA UNIVERSITARIA | PAGO | MONEDA | INCENTIVOS FISCALES | ESTADOS UNIDOS | MODELOS ECONOMETRICOSOnline resources: Click here to access online
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American Economic Journal. Economic Policy v. 10, n. 2, May 2018, p. 242-271Summary: We estimate causal effects of cash-on-hand on college enrollment decisions of students from low-income families. Using populationlevel, administrative data from US income tax returns, we exploit variation in tax refunds received in the spring of the high school
senior year. The variation in tax refunds results from the kink point
between the phase-in and maximum credit portions of the Earned
Income Tax Credit schedule. The results suggest tax refunds received
in the spring of the high school senior year have meaningful effects
on college enrollment
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We estimate causal effects of cash-on-hand on college enrollment decisions of students from low-income families. Using populationlevel, administrative data from US income tax returns, we exploit variation in tax refunds received in the spring of the high school
senior year. The variation in tax refunds results from the kink point
between the phase-in and maximum credit portions of the Earned
Income Tax Credit schedule. The results suggest tax refunds received
in the spring of the high school senior year have meaningful effects
on college enrollment
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