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Examining the Relationship between Parental Educational Expectations and a Community-Based Children’s Savings Account Program
Rauscher, Emily Elliott, William O'Brien, Megan S. Callahan, Jason Steensma, Joe
Rauscher, Emily
Elliott, William
O'Brien, Megan S.
Callahan, Jason
Steensma, Joe
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Children’s Savings Account (CSA) program and parents’ educational expectations for their children. We examine survey data collected as part of the rollout and implementation of The Promise Indiana CSA program. Although results differ by parental income and education, results using the full sample suggest that parents are more likely to expect their elementary school-age children to attend college if they have a 529 account or were exposed to the additional aspects of the Promise Indiana program (i.e., the marketing campaign, college and career classroom activities, information about engaging champions, trip to a University, and the opportunity to enroll into The Promise). Parents who were both exposed to the additional aspects of the Promise Indiana program and have a 529 account are over three times more likely to expect their child to attend college than others, increasing to 13 times more likely among parents with no college education. Overall, results suggest a community-based CSA program – Promise Indiana – is associated with nontrivial benefits for families.
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2017
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Educational expectations, Inequality, College savings, Quantitative analysis, Community intervention
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Rauscher, E., Elliott, W., O'Brien, M., Callahan, J., & Steensma, J. (2017). Examining the relationship between parental educational expectations and a community-based children's savings account program. Children and Youth Services Review, 74, 96-107.