Grants in Italian university
A Look at the Heterogeneity of Their Impact on Students' Performances
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4096531 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tommaso Agasisti (0000-0002-8146-3079, Politecnico di Milano, corresponding author), Samuele Murtinu (0000-0002-1189-2660, Politecnico di Milano) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1106-1132 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2014.966670 |
| OpenAlex | W2031230247 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 17 |
In this paper, we estimate the effect of receiving financial aid for a cohort of students who enrolled at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) in the year 2007/2008, through a propensity score matching approach. Using administrative data about these students for four years, the impact of the financial aid on several dimensions of academic performance was evaluated: formative credits obtained after one year, dropout probability in the first and second year, graduation in the legal duration of the course, and graduation after four years. Overall, a positive and statistically significant effect of the grant is found and this finding is stable across several robustness checks. Exploring the heterogeneity of this effect, it is demonstrated that the effect is higher for immigrants, Italians who moved from another region for studying, and students attending an engineering course. Evidence that unobservable factors (such as students’ own intrinsic academic motivation) account for an important part of the estimated impact of the financial aid is also found
Actuarial science · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Mathematics education · Medical education · Propensity score matching · Statistics · Unobservable · Advanced Causal Inference Techniques · Higher Education Research Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |