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 …

explicitly allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates. We use a difference-in-difference estimation … of students, though rates have risen at flagship universities. Finally, despite some weak association with increased …