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received by eligible students to raise enrolment rates into tertiary education. We view this reform as a 'natural experiment … on enrolment rates into higher education. We find that the reform had a small positive but statistically insignificant …
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received by eligible students to raise enrolment rates into tertiary education. We view this reform as a quot … effect on enrolment rates into higher education. We find that the reform had a small positive but statistically insignificant …
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determined by ability, access to higher education, and technology, I find the effect of different educational aid schemes … demand for higher education of each ability/human capital group, the labor shares of each group, and the share of resources …
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inflows as the mechanism for mitigating school user fees constraining education access in recipient countries …
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Education is associated with a range of positive micro and macro effects. It is hence no surprise that donors have … recently increased the amount of official development aid specifically focused on restoring and maintaining education in less … geographical proximity to aid projects by combining individual-level information on education from six Nigerian Demographic and …
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This paper reviews what has been learned over many decades of foreign aid to education. It discusses what works and … a uniform check-list of inputs. It shows the positive contribution that aid has made to education in aid … education. But the paper also indicates that there is a considerable gap between what aid does and what it could potentially …
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I examine the effect of student aid on the distribution of educational attainment in the context of a post-secondary funding program for Indigenous students in Canada. I show that student aid programs targeted at marginalized groups can increase average educational attainment; however, these...
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Inequalities do not end once students enter higher education. Yet, the majority of papers on the effectiveness of … education aid examine its impact on college enrolment. In this paper, we provide evidence on the causal impact of means …
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This paper presents the results of a randomized controlled trial aimed at testing the effectiveness of an innovative intervention of asset building (Percorsi) on high school students' transition to the university. Contrary to most traditional forms of financial aid, the tested intervention is...
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