Student Support and Academic Performance: Experiences at Private Universities in Mexico

Financial aid to students in tertiary education can contribute to human capital accumulation through two channels: increased enrollment and improved student performance. We pay particular attention to the latter channel, and study its quantitative importance in the context of a student support progr...

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Main Authors:	Canton, Erik, Blom, Andreas
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Higher Education and Research Institutions I230 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5492

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description	Financial aid to students in tertiary education can contribute to human capital accumulation through two channels: increased enrollment and improved student performance. We pay particular attention to the latter channel, and study its quantitative importance in the context of a student support program from the Sociedad de Fomento a la Educacion Superior (Society for the Promotion of Higher Education) (SOFES) implemented at private universities in Mexico. Administrative data provided by SOFES are analyzed using a regression-discontinuity design. The advantage of the regression-discontinuity method is that it represents a natural experiment with randomly assigned treatment so that selection issues are minimized. The empirical results suggest that this financial aid package (loans and scholarships) contributes to better academic performance.
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title	Student Support and Academic Performance: Experiences at Private Universities in Mexico
title_short	Student Support and Academic Performance: Experiences at Private Universities in Mexico
title_full	Student Support and Academic Performance: Experiences at Private Universities in Mexico
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Student Support and Academic Performance: Experiences at Private Universities in Mexico

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