Impact of Scholarships on Student Success: A Case Study of the University of Turbat, Pakistan (Article)

Riaz Ahmed, Adeel Ahmed, Waseem Barkat and Rehmat Ullah
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Riaz Ahmed: Assistant Professor, University of Turbat (UoT), Turbat.
Adeel Ahmed: Associate Professor, UoT, Turbat.
Waseem Barkat: Assistant Professor, UoT, Turbat.
Rehmat Ullah: Lecturer, UoT, Turbat.

The Pakistan Development Review, 2022, vol. 61, issue 2, 231-258

Abstract: This study uses data of a public sector university to investigate the impact of government financial aid on students’ success outcomes. The estimates of the differencein-differences (DID) model show that there is a positive and significant relationship between need-based scholarship (NBS) and students’ success outcomes while for meritbased scholarship (MBS), the relationship is insignificant. Empirical results reveal that the NBS seemingly increases the academic performance of male students by about 4 percent in subsequent semesters after the award. The t-tests further reveal that a male student when obtains a scholarship is less likely to depend on his parental income for university-related expenses and more likely to focus on his study by taking class notes seriously. This positive and significant difference between NBS holders and non-holders also exists for male students on every measure of success outcomes (e.g. students’ retention, engagement, acquisition of skills and competences, and career success).

Keywords: Impact Evaluation; Need-Based Scholarship; Merit-Based Scholarship; Academic Success; Academic Performance; Difference-in-Differences; Quasi-Natural Experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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