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The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of undergraduate research scholarships on the performance of scholarship students enrolled in face-to-face courses at Brazilian federal and state universities. The senior students’ test scores on the specific component test of the Exame Nacional de Desempenho dos Estudantes for the years 2015 to 2017 were used as an outcome measure. To deal with the self-selection bias, the propensity score matching technique was applied. The results show a positive, significant and robust impact in favor of scholarship students, on the order of 0.21 to 0.31 standard deviations, depending on the matching algorithm and knowledge area considered. Assessing the performance of other students with different kinds of scholarships in a second control group, the results, in general, still indicate the better performance of undergraduate students with research scholarships, although the differences are smaller. |
