Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, Ahead of Print.
Higher education policies are paramount for putting limited resources at work for the best result. In Peru, PRONABEC© is the institution in charge of assigning scholarships to promising students with the aim of promoting social inclusivity and development of the country. This research uses Difference-in-Differences, Regression Discontinuity, and other statistical tools to analyze the causal relationship between the Peruvian scholarship system and the results it achieves. Based on its findings, the study makes recommendations.