Equality of Opportunity and Human Capital Accumulation: Motivational Effect of a Nationwide Scholarship in Colombia
We study the ex-ante motivational effect of a nationwide merit and need-based scholarship in Colombia, which granted full scholarships to low-income students at high-quality universities. The results from a regression discontinuity design indicate that the opportunity to receive the scholarship sign...
- Autores:
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Laajaj, Rachid
Moya, Andrés
Sánchez, Fabio
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- Fecha de publicación:
- 2018
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- Universidad de los Andes
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- Equality of opportunity
Human capital accumulation
Socioeconomic achievement gap
H52, I24, I25, O15
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Equality of Opportunity and Human Capital Accumulation: Motivational Effect of a Nationwide Scholarship in Colombia |
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Equality of Opportunity and Human Capital Accumulation: Motivational Effect of a Nationwide Scholarship in Colombia |
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Equality of Opportunity and Human Capital Accumulation: Motivational Effect of a Nationwide Scholarship in Colombia Equality of opportunity Human capital accumulation Socioeconomic achievement gap H52, I24, I25, O15 |
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Equality of Opportunity and Human Capital Accumulation: Motivational Effect of a Nationwide Scholarship in Colombia |
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Equality of Opportunity and Human Capital Accumulation: Motivational Effect of a Nationwide Scholarship in Colombia |
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Equality of Opportunity and Human Capital Accumulation: Motivational Effect of a Nationwide Scholarship in Colombia |
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Equality of Opportunity and Human Capital Accumulation: Motivational Effect of a Nationwide Scholarship in Colombia |
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Equality of Opportunity and Human Capital Accumulation: Motivational Effect of a Nationwide Scholarship in Colombia |
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Laajaj, Rachid Moya, Andrés Sánchez, Fabio |
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Laajaj, Rachid Moya, Andrés Sánchez, Fabio |
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Equality of opportunity Human capital accumulation Socioeconomic achievement gap |
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Equality of opportunity Human capital accumulation Socioeconomic achievement gap H52, I24, I25, O15 |
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H52, I24, I25, O15 |
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We study the ex-ante motivational effect of a nationwide merit and need-based scholarship in Colombia, which granted full scholarships to low-income students at high-quality universities. The results from a regression discontinuity design indicate that the opportunity to receive the scholarship significantly increased test scores at the national high school exit exam at the top of the distribution. At the 90th percentile of the distribution, eligibility for the scholarship reduced the socioeconomic achievement gap by 16 percent. In addition, we find that the eligibility to the scholarship resulted in positive effects of on test scores of younger cohorts and increased post-secondary enrollment, even for the non-recipients of the scholarship. Our results highlight how opportunities for social mobility encourage human capital accumulation by low-income students, thus contributing to the break the persistence of poverty and inequality. |
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