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Does generosity beget generosity? Alumni giving and undergraduate financial aid

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  • Meer, Jonathan
  • Rosen, Harvey S.

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We investigate how undergraduates’ financial aid packages affect their subsequent donative behavior as alumni. We analyze micro data on alumni giving at an anonymous research university, and focus on three types of financial aid, scholarships, loans, and campus jobs. Consistent with the view of some professional fundraisers, we allow the receipt of a given form of aid per se to affect alumni giving.

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  • Meer, Jonathan & Rosen, Harvey S., 2012. "Does generosity beget generosity? Alumni giving and undergraduate financial aid," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 31(6), pages 890-907.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecoedu:v:31:y:2012:i:6:p:890-907
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.06.009
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    Costs; Educational finance; Grants; Student financial aid;
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    JEL classification:

    • I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions

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