Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265158 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2022:7
Publisher: 
Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), Uppsala
Abstract: 
The Recruitment grant was a student aid policy that replaced the loans in the student aid system with grants for unemployed adults with low education. In this paper, I estimate the causal effects of repealing this policy on the educational attainment and subsequent labor market outcomes for the target population in a difference-in-differences framework. I find that the repeal reduced enrollment in adult education by 10 percent relative to the pre-repeal enrollment rate, and that the number of passed credits decreased by 29 percent. I also find that repeal increased unemployment by an average of 76 days over the eight-year follow-up, and decreased earnings by about 12,000 SEK ($1,300). Although there are substantial differences in these outcomes across subgroups, the repeal had significant adverse effects for the target population as a whole.
Subjects: 
Student aid
Adult education
Difference-in-differences
Propensity scores
JEL: 
D31
I24
J62
R0
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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