Replication data for: A Cautionary Tale about Emergency Financial Assistance without Services: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation at a Community College

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) William N. Evans; Melissa S. Kearney; Brendan Perry; James X. Sullivan

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Project Citation:

Evans, William N., Kearney, Melissa S., Perry, Brendan, and Sullivan, James X. Replication data for: A Cautionary Tale about Emergency Financial Assistance without Services: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation at a Community College. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116457V1

Project Description

Summary: Community college completion rates are extremely low, especially among low-income students. One potential explanation is that low-income students have limited capacity to overcome financial shocks, such as large medical, legal, or car repair bills. Some programs offer "emergency financial assistance" (EFA) to prevent these events from curtailing educational progress. We test the efficacy of EFA within the context of a broader randomized controlled trial at a community college in Texas. We find no evidence that access to EFA alone leads to improved outcomes. We speculate that EFA will only be effective if it is paired with additional case management services.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I22 Educational Finance; Financial Aid
      I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
      I24 Education and Inequality
      I28 Education: Government Policy
      I32 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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