TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Sjoquist, David L.
AU  - Winters, John V.
        TI  - The Effects of State Merit Aid Programs on Attendance at Elite Colleges
        PY  - 2015/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9371
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9371
        AB  - State merit aid programs have been found to reduce the likelihood that students attend college out-of-state. Using the U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges and universities to measure college quality and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System data to measure enrollment, we explore how this reduction in out-of-state enrollment differs by the academic quality of the institution. Our results suggest that state merit aid programs do not reduce the likelihood that a student attends a top ranked school, but that these programs do reduce the likelihood of enrolling at less prestigious out-of-state schools, with generally larger effects the lower the ranking of the schools.
        KW  - elite college
KW  - college quality
KW  - college choice
KW  - merit aid
        ER  -