Mauro Mediavilla, professor in the Master's Degree in Economic Policy and Public Economics, analyses the importance of scholarships and grants to alleviate early school leaving.
With the aim of promoting evidence-based educational policies and practices, Ivàlua (Catalan Institute of Public Policies Evaluation) and the Jaume Bofill Foundation have funded the study by Professor Mauro Mediavilla entitled "¿Son efectivas las becas y ayudas cuando se trata de la continuidad y mejora de los resultados educativos en nivel de primaria y secundaria?” [Are scholarships and grants effective when it comes to the continuity and improvement of educational results at primary and secondary level?].
One of the elements on which the educational debate has focused in recent years is the large number of people who do not continue their studies beyond the level of compulsory education, quantified by a high rate of early school leavers. This phenomenon appears to be the result of the cumulative action of a series of vulnerability factors (individual, family and environmental). Within this framework, Professor Mediavilla's study raises the question of whether scholarships and study grants can act as a stimulating factor for continuity in school and/or improvement of educational outcomes and, furthermore, tries to find out which design produces the greatest effect.
