E-PhD Seminar at NEU: Targeted Scholarship for Higher Education and Academic Performance: Evidence from Indonesia
National Economics University
E-PhD Program Seminar Series
Targeted Scholarship for Higher Education and Academic Performance: Evidence from Indonesia
by
Tri Mulyaningsih
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
Time and Venue
Time: 4.00PM – 5.00PM
Date: Friday, 29 September, 2023
Venue: Room 15.01, Building A1, National Economics University
207 Giai Phong Road, Hanoi, Vietnam
Abstract
This paper studies the effect of a large-scale scholarship introduced by the Indonesian government in 2010 that provides generous financial assistance for poor students. Previous studies focused on developed countries and found ambiguous effects of financial aid on persistence and enrollment, yet less evidence on grant and academic performance. By using administrative data from a large public university in Indonesia, this study estimates the likely effect of the scholarship on student academic performance during university. Using matching methods of coarsened exact matching (CEM) that take into account the selection criteria used for scholarship allocation, we find that the scholarship is positively associated with student performance in terms of GPA. Furthermore, we find that these positive associations are strongest for the least advantaged group in terms of family income.
Keywords: Student financial aid, Higher education, Scholarship, Academic performance, Inequality
About presenter
Tri Mulyaningsih is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret. She completed her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Canberra in 2014. She is the coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Economics and Head of the Applied Microeconomic Research Group at the University. Tri is a General Secretary of the Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA). She is actively involved in international research collaboration on skills, human capital, and issues in health economics. The paper that will be delivered in the seminar has been published in the International Journal of Educational Development. The recent publications are Access to WASH and child health, published in Development Policy Review; Women’s Role in the Indonesian Economy during Covid-19, published in Bulletin of Indonesia Economic Studies; and Rural-urban Disparities in stunting, published in Rural and Remote Health. Scopus ID: 57211346380.
About series
This seminar series is part of the E-PhD Program at National Economics University. It targets PhD students, early-career researchers, and senior faculty who find interested in doing research in the areas of economics, business, management, and other inter-disciplinary fields of social science. The series is a platform for the wider research community to exchange ideas, networks and collaborations.
Contact details
Bach Ngoc Thang
Seminar series coordinator
Room 15.04, Building A1
Institute for Sustainable Development
National Economics University
207 Giai Phong Road, Hanoi, Vietnam
M: +84 35 443 1750
E: bnthang@gmail.com, or thangbn@neu.edu.vn
