Can Scholarships Increase High School Graduation Rates? Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico
This paper studies the impact of PROBEMS, a scholarship program in Mexico aimed at improving graduation rates and test scores among upper secondary school students from poor backgrounds. The identification strategy is the random allocation into the...
Main Authors: | de Hoyos, Rafael, Attanasio, Orazio, Meghir, Costas |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/976601555936652424/Can-Scholarships-Increase-High-School-Graduation-Rates-Evidence-from-A-Randomized-Control-Trial-in-Mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31581 |
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