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There are several possible mechanisms through which HOPE could reduce the probability of earning a STEM degree.
There are a number of possible mechanisms through which HOPE could reduce the probability of earning a STEM degree.
Table 6 considers the effect of HOPE on the probability of earning a STEM degree by type of school.
Columns 5 8 of Table 2 report the effects of HOPE on the probability of earning a bachelor's degree in a STEM field.
These results support our contention that HOPE caused the observed negative effect on the probability of earning a STEM degree for Georgia resident USG graduates.
In addition to these empirical findings, there are other possible reasons why the probability of earning a STEM major might differ across colleges.
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p and 1-p are the respective probabilities of earning x1 and y1 and likewise q and 1-q are the respective probabilities associated with earning x2 and y2.
In other words, students who do not initially declare a STEM major have a relatively low probability of eventually earning a STEM degree.
This leads to an expectation that merit-aid programs would also increase the probability of an earned major in education, but we find that merit aid reduces the probability of an earned major in education.
The results suggest that the HOPE Scholarship reduced the probability of an earned STEM major regardless of first-year GPA and that in general the magnitude of the effect does not depend on the first-year GPA.
To explore this a bit further, we redid our analysis using just data for the University of Georgia and find that HOPE had no effect on the probability of an earned major in education.
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