The causal effect of scholarships targeted at low income students on performance : evidence from Italy

Veronica Rattini

This paper exploits discontinuities in the assigment of scholarships targeted at low income students in an Italian University in order to evaluate the effects of monetary incentives on students' academic achievement. Results reveal positive and sizeable causal effects both in terms of credits and grades. Gender differentials also emerge: male students drive the results on credits outcome while females students drive the effect on grades. These results suggest that the scholarship design contributes to reducing the probability of delayed graduation ("Fuori Corso" problem).

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Year of publication:	[2014]
Authors:	Rattini, Veronica
Publisher:	Bologna, Italy : Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Department of Economics
Subject:	Human Capital \| Monetary Incentives \| Regression Discontinuity \| Italien \| Italy \| Humankapital \| Human capital \| Bildungsniveau \| Educational achievement \| Studierende \| Students \| Niedrigeinkommen \| Low income \| Bildungsertrag \| Returns to education \| Wirkungsanalyse \| Impact assessment \| Anreiz \| Incentives \| Bildungsverhalten \| Educational behaviour \| Studienfinanzierung \| Higher education finance

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 36 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	Quaderni - working paper DSE / Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Department of Economics. - Bologna : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2282-6483, ZDB-ID 2125055-8. - Vol. no 968
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4083 [DOI] hdl:10419/159806 [Handle]
Classification:	H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies ; I21 - Analysis of Education ; I28 - Government Policy
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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