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ABSTRACT
A growing number of states use performance-based funding (PBF) systems to tie appropriations to student outcomes. Yet while many studies have examined the effects of PBF on enrollment and completion outcomes, no research has considered whether PBF affects post-college outcomes. This is of particular importance as more states directly incentivize colleges to improve student earnings and have students major in high-demand fields. We used the first detailed longitudinal dataset of state PBF policies to examine the effects of PBF on student earnings and found some modest positive effects concentrated among students who were already enrolled in college when PBF was first implemented. However, these small increases could also reflect other trends occurring prior to the implementation of PBF and analyses show this increase was not sustained among later cohorts.
Acknowledgement
Our research design is preregistered through the Open Science Framework at https://osf.io/5ehdg. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures, the Joyce Foundation, and the William T. Grant Foundation for their financial support of this research. We are grateful for excellent research assistance from Lynneah Brown, Karly Caples, Junghee Choi, Garam Chu, Sam Riggs, Yahya Shamekhi, and Nicholas Voorhees. We appreciate the feedback and suggestions during data collection and analysis from our advisory board members: Alisa Hicklin Fryar, Tiffany Jones, and David Tandberg.
Disclosure statement
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