Examining the extensive and intensive margins of financial aid
#JHR_Threads 2021a: Who and how does financial aid help?
Jeff Denning is an assistant professor in the economics department at Brigham Young. In addition to being an active researcher in the field of education, he is also an avid fisherman. I know this because he posts pictures of fish he’s caught from streams and rivers, and because of how grossed out I get by holding fish, I usually skip to pictures that don’t involve him holding the latest fish he has caught. All joking aside, Jeff is a productive young economist who graduated from the University of Texas and writes on a variety of topics covering education and labor economics. This week’s #JHR_Threads will discuss his solo authored paper in the Journal of Human Resources, “Born Under a Lucky Star”.
Financial aid in the United States cuts through a variety of subsidies and transfers from both federal grants as well as the tax system more generally. Students depend on these programs because the last several decades have seen a dramatic rise in college tuition costs that have far outpa…
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