Previous research shows that low-income and first-generation college students are less likely to obtain the benefits associated with attending graduate school. No-loan programs, which typically administer financial aid through institutional grants, are designed to improve access and success among students from low-income backgrounds, but we know very little about the influence of noloan programs after students enroll and eventually graduate from college. This study examines the impact of no-loan program participation on graduate school enrollment by leveraging a novel institutional dataset and employing regression discontinuity, difference-in-differences, and propensity score weighting approaches. Results indicate that no-loan program participation has a positive and relatively consistent impact on graduate school enrollment among low-income and first-generation students.

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无贷款计划参与对低收入，第一代学生的研究生入学可能性的影响

先前的研究表明，低收入和第一代大学生不太可能获得与就读研究生相关的收益。通常通过机构补助来管理经济援助的无贷款计划旨在提高低收入背景学生的获取机会和成功率，但我们对无抵押计划对学生入学并最终大学毕业后的影响知之甚少。这项研究通过利用新的机构数据集并采用回归不连续性，差异差异和倾向得分加权方法，研究了无贷款计划参与对研究生入学的影响。