Gurantz, Oded2019-12-192019-12-192019-11-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/96116Up to three-fourths of college students can be classified as “non-traditional”, yet whether typical policy interventions improves their education and labor market outcomes is understudied. The author uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate the impacts of a state financial aid program aimed towards non-traditional students. Eligibility has no impacts on degree completion for students intending to enroll in community colleges or four-year colleges but increases bachelor’s degrees for students interested in large, for-profit colleges by four percentage points. The author finds no impacts on employment or earnings for all applicants. This research highlights challenges in promoting human capital investment for adults.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhuman capitalacademic achievementstudent financial aidArticlehttp://www.edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai19-150.pdf