caa a22 4500 445326816 CHVBK 20180317142723.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11162-011-9215-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11162-011-9215-6 Rubin Rachel Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Appian Way, 02138, Cambridge, MA, USA aut The Pell and the Poor: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis of On-Time College Enrollment [Elektronische Daten] [Rachel Rubin] In this study, I capitalize on a natural experiment to examine the effect of federal Pell Grant eligibility on college enrollment for students who graduated from high school in spring 2004 and who completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 are used to array students on the continuous Expected Family Contribution (EFC) variable, attained from the FAFSA, and divide them into two categories—those with an EFC at or below the federally designated amount for Pell eligibility, and those above. This regression-discontinuity approach allows me to measure whether students who vary regarding their Pell Grant eligibility, but who have essentially identical family incomes, differ in their college enrollment rates. I find no effect. While confirming prior studies examining the impact of the Pell Grant on college enrollment for traditional students, this finding remains inconsistent with findings on other need-based grants. This result suggests that the minimum Pell Grant amount, currently less than 10% of an average college's tuition and fees, may be insufficient. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 College enrollment nationallicence Regression-discontinuity nationallicence Pell Grant nationallicence Federal financial aid nationallicence FAFSA nationallicence Research in Higher Education Springer Netherlands 52/7(2011-11-01), 675-692 0361-0365 52:7<675 2011 52 11162 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-011-9215-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-011-9215-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Rubin Rachel Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Appian Way, 02138, Cambridge, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Research in Higher Education Springer Netherlands 52/7(2011-11-01), 675-692 0361-0365 52:7<675 2011 52 11162 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer