Testing a Social Innovation in Financial Aid for Low-Income Students: Experimental Evidence from Italy

Azzolini, Davide; Martini, Alberto; Rettore, Enrico; Romano, Barbara; Schizzerotto, Antonio; Vergolini, Loris

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“…Focusing on different case-studies, Clerici et al (2014) highlight that determinants of academic careers differ across the fields of study and Carrieri et al (2015) find that a stronger selection at entrance considerably reduces dropout risks. Indirect evidence of the role of family income is provided by a small literature analyzing the impact of various forms of scholarships and financial aid for lowincome students, showing that income support favors study progression and degree completion (Mealli and Rampichini 2012, Azzolini et al 2018, Vergolini and Zanini 2015. Only few contributions focus on time to degree.…”

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Too few university graduates. Inclusiveness and effectiveness of the Italian higher education system

Contini

Salza

2020

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

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Section: Evidence On Schooling Choices and Student Academic Careersmentioning

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Too few university graduates. Inclusiveness and effectiveness of the Italian higher education system

Contini

Salza

2020

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

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“…Furthermore, this measure of declining effort has also been shown to account for a significant part of the variation across countries in PISA test scores (Debeer et al, 2014; Zamarro et al, 2019). Following Azzolini et al (2019), I argue that the measure that I use reflects one key aspect of effort: persistence. For example, keeping up a certain level of effort is crucial for studying or performing well on exams.…”

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Strive to Succeed? The Role of Persistence in the Process of Educational Attainment

Palacios-Abad

2021

American Behavioral Scientist

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This article examines the role of effort in the process of educational attainment. First, I analyze the impact of effort on future tertiary educational attainment. Then, I test two sociological theories that argue that effort transmits educational inequality across generations. According to the first theory, parental background shapes the effort that children exert in education-related activities. The second theory argues that the drivers of effort in this context are educational expectations. I use a variable for effort that is measured directly over the course of the Programme for International Student Assessment test. Using a longitudinal data set from Australia, I estimate different hierarchical and structural equations models. I find that the measure of effort is positively and significantly associated with the probability of having obtained a tertiary degree 10 years later. Furthermore, the results show partial support for the second theory but not for the first one.

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Testing a Social Innovation in Financial Aid for Low-Income Students: Experimental Evidence from Italy

Cited by 2 publications

References 22 publications

Too few university graduates. Inclusiveness and effectiveness of the Italian higher education system

Too few university graduates. Inclusiveness and effectiveness of the Italian higher education system

Strive to Succeed? The Role of Persistence in the Process of Educational Attainment

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