TY - JOUR
T1 - Paying for performance
T2 - The education impacts of a community college scholarship program for low-income adults
AU - Barrow, Lisa
AU - Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn
AU - Rouse, Cecilia Elena
AU - Brock, Thomas
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - We evaluate the effect of performance-based incentive programs on educational outcomes for community college students from a random assignment experiment at three campuses. Incentive payments over 2 semesters were tied to meeting two conditions-enrolling at least half-time andmaintaining aCor better grade point average. Eligibility increased the likelihood of enrolling in the second semester after random assignment and total number of credits earned. Over 2 years, program group students completed nearly 40% more credits. We find little evidence that program eligibility changed types of courses taken but some evidence of increased academic performance and effort.
AB - We evaluate the effect of performance-based incentive programs on educational outcomes for community college students from a random assignment experiment at three campuses. Incentive payments over 2 semesters were tied to meeting two conditions-enrolling at least half-time andmaintaining aCor better grade point average. Eligibility increased the likelihood of enrolling in the second semester after random assignment and total number of credits earned. Over 2 years, program group students completed nearly 40% more credits. We find little evidence that program eligibility changed types of courses taken but some evidence of increased academic performance and effort.
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U2 - 10.1086/675229
DO - 10.1086/675229
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84904119098
SN - 0734-306X
VL - 32
SP - 563
EP - 599
JO - Journal of Labor Economics
JF - Journal of Labor Economics
IS - 3
ER -