Enlist or enroll: Credit constraints, college aid, and the military enlistment margin
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The literature to date has shown that merit programs can lead to decreases in military enlistment in favor of college attendance.
“and even decreases in military enlistment in favor of college attendance (Barr, 2016).”
From College Costs, Financial Aid, and Student Decisions (2022) · cites this paper as Barr, 2016
The enrollment effect per dollar of aid from the Post 9/11 GI Bill is lower than has been found in other contexts.
“Barr (2016) notes that his estimates, along with earlier findings from Simon, Negrusa, and Warner (2010) imply a lower enrollment effect per dollar of aid than has been found in other contexts.”
From College Costs, Financial Aid, and Student Decisions (2022) · cites this paper as Barr (2016)
The Post 9/11 GI Bill increased college enrollment among veterans by 2 percentage points.
“He finds the new program increased college enrollment among veterans by 2 percentage points.”
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- Authors
- Barr, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Virginia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Barr, Andrew
- Venue
- Economics of Education Review
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-04
- Volume
- 51
- Pages
- 61-78
- ISSN
- 0272-7757 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1202013226
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 5 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 11.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Economics of Education Review (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Education and Military Integration
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
- Keywords
- military recruitment, college financial aid, merit scholarships, credit constraints, education funding, low-income students, high school graduates
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