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EnglishThe present paper investigates whether the Italian University grants are an effective tool to prevent student drop-out and to favor the degree attainment, both for merit and need-based financial aids. In order to estimate the causal effect of receiving a grant, we follow the counterfactual analysis and we match treated and control units using Genetic matching and Coarsened Exact Matching. Empirical results suggest that the income-based financial aids have a positive impact to prevent drop-out at 2nd year, but a non significant effect on graduation time, whereas the merit-based scholarships increase the probability to achieve the degree in the time alloted.
| Titolo: | Are University scholarships effective tools to prevent dropout and to favor graduation? |
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| Data di pubblicazione: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | The present paper investigates whether the Italian University grants are an effective tool to prevent student drop-out and to favor the degree attainment, both for merit and need-based financial aids. In order to estimate the causal effect of receiving a grant, we follow the counterfactual analysis and we match treated and control units using Genetic matching and Coarsened Exact Matching. Empirical results suggest that the income-based financial aids have a positive impact to prevent drop-out at 2nd year, but a non significant effect on graduation time, whereas the merit-based scholarships increase the probability to achieve the degree in the time alloted. |
| Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2840693 |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.1 Contributo in Atti Convegno (Proceeding) |
