Does Reducing College Costs Improve Educational Outcomes for Undocumented Immigrants? Evidence from State Laws Permitting Undocumented Immigrants to Pay In-State Tuition at State Colleges and Universities. NBER Working Paper No. 15932

Autor/inn/en	Chin, Aimee; Juhn, Chinhui
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Does Reducing College Costs Improve Educational Outcomes for Undocumented Immigrants? Evidence from State Laws Permitting Undocumented Immigrants to Pay In-State Tuition at State Colleges and Universities. NBER Working Paper No. 15932
Quelle	(2010) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Student Costs; Undocumented Immigrants; Outcomes of Education; College Attendance; Tuition; In State Students; State Colleges; State Legislation; Laws; Males; Dropouts; Mexicans; Latin Americans; California; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienkosten; Illegaler Aufenthalt; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Landesrecht; Law; Recht; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Mexikaner; Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; Kalifornien
Abstract	Ten states, beginning with Texas and California in 2001, have passed laws permitting undocumented students to pay the in-state tuition rate--rather than the more expensive out-of-state tuition rate--at public universities and colleges. We exploit state-time variation in the passage of the laws to evaluate the effects of these laws on the educational outcomes of Hispanic childhood immigrants who are not U.S. citizens. Specifically, through the use of individual-level data from the 2001-2005 American Community Surveys supplemented by the 2000 U.S. Census, we estimate the effect of the laws on the probability of attending college for 18- to 24-year-olds who have a high school degree and the probability of dropping out of high school for 16- to 17-year-olds. We find some evidence suggestive of a positive effect of the laws on the college attendance of older Mexican men, although estimated effects of the laws in general are not significantly different from zero. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10