Do In-State Tuition Benefits Affect the Enrollment of Non-Citizens? Evidence from Universities in Texas

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dc.contributor.authorDickson, Lisa M.en
dc.contributor.authorPender, Mateaen
dc.date.accessed2018-03-02en
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-22T15:34:49Zen
dc.date.available2018-06-22T15:34:49Zen
dc.date.issued2014en
dc.description.abstractIn 2001, the Texas state legislature passed House Bill 1403. With the passage of the law, Texas became the first state to legislate that non-citizens (including illegal immigrants) who graduated from an in-state high school and resided in the state for three years could pay instate resident tuition rates at public universities. As a result of the policy change, the cost of attending college at public universities in Texas fell dramatically for non-citizens. Using administrative data from five universities in Texas, we employ a quasi-experimental design to identify the effects of the policy change on the probability of enrollment at each of the universities. Our results demonstrate a large and significant positive effect of lowering tuition on the enrollment of non-citizens at the University of Texas at Pan American and the University of Texas at San Antonio.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore Countyen
dc.description.sponsorshipCollege Board Advocacy & Policy Centeren
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttps://economics.umbc.edu/files/2014/09/wp_10_125.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/83690en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore Countyen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectUndocumented studentsen
dc.subjectin-state tuitionen
dc.subjectstudent financial aiden
dc.subjectTexasen
dc.subjectEducation--higheren
dc.subjectuniversity attendanceen
dc.titleDo In-State Tuition Benefits Affect the Enrollment of Non-Citizens? Evidence from Universities in Texasen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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