The Effect of the HOPE Scholarship Program on Interstate Migration

<p>The HOPE scholarship program, created by the state of Georgia in 1993, is the first large scale, merit-based higher educational scholarship program in the United States. In this research, I use border analysis and difference-in-differences estimates to test the hypothesis that the HOPE scholarship program attracts interstate education migration from Georgia’s neighboring states. My results support my hypothesis. I find that border areas in Georgia attract high school seniors from the adjacent areas in border states that do not have the HOPE scholarship program. In addition, I use the IPUMS dataset to provide further analysis to the effect of the HOPE scholarship program on interstate migration for entire states rather than for border areas. I find that for a family with high school children, Georgia is the most popular destination state in the inter-state migration within the southeastern area in the period of 1995-2000, because the HOPE scholarship reduces tuition in Georgia significantly.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Social Sciences

Year

2017

Author dc:creator

• Zhou, Can

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jan Ondrich

• ArcGIS
• College Tuition
• HOPE Scholarship
• Interstate Migration
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Repository record dc:identifier

https://surface.syr.edu/etd/753

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:surface.syr.edu:etd-1753