The Effects of an Incentive-Based High-School Intervention on College Outcomes

C. Kirabo Jackson

NBER Working Paper No. 15722
Issued in February 2010

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This paper integrates material incorporated in Jackson (2010). The author received financial support for this project from the Spencer Foundation. The author thanks Walter Dewar and Gregg Fleisher of AP Strategies, Nina Taylor, Perry Weirich, and Shawn Thomas of the Texas Education Agency, and Susan Brown and Kathy Cox of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The author acknowledges helpful comments and suggestions from Joshua Angrist, Liz Chesler, Ron Ehrenberg, Roland Fryer, Caroline Hoxby, Clement Jackson, Lawrence Katz, participants at the Dartmouth College Economics Seminar, and the NBER Education meetings. All errors are my own. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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