The impact of a scholarship programme on social capital formation among university students : an economic experiment at the University of Pretoria, South Africa

dc.contributor.authorChikwila, Eric
dc.contributor.authorWillinger, Marc
dc.contributor.authorFarolfi, Stefano
dc.contributor.authorMungatana, Eric Dada
dc.contributor.authorJourdain, Damien
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-04T05:47:55Z
dc.date.available2023-10-04T05:47:55Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThis study uses an online laboratory experiment and a post-experimental survey to test whether the Mastercard Foundation (MCF) scholarship programme causally influences the creation of cognitive social capital among University of Pretoria recipients. Cognitive social capital, which is based on commonly shared norms among subjects, leads to honest and cooperative behaviour. It is necessary for ease of information flow, a reduction in transaction costs, and allowing communities to deal with social dilemmas like common-pool resource management. The study used incentivised economic experiments on randomly selected subjects drawn from a control group (non-MCF students) and a treated group (MCF students). The experimental results from the two groups were compared to check the differences in terms of levels of trust, reciprocity, altruism, cooperation, in-group favouritism and out-group discrimination. Our results show that the scholarship programme has a significant impact only on levels of in-group favoritism and out-group discrimination. The post-experimental survey showed that MCF and non-MCF subjects were similar in terms of stated pro-social behavior perceptions and in-group social capital creation.en_US
dc.description.departmentAgricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Developmenten_US
dc.description.urihttps://afjare.orgen_US
dc.identifier.citationChikwalila, E., Willinger, M., Farolfi, S. et al. 2023, 'The impact of a scholarship programme on social capital formation among university students : an economic experiment at the University of Pretoria, South Africa', African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 39-74, doi : 10.53936/AFJARE.2023.18(1).3.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2521-9871 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1993-3738 (print)
dc.identifier.other10.53936/afjare.2023.18(1).3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/92686
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Association of Agricultural Economistsen_US
dc.rights© 2023 African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.en_US
dc.subjectCognitive social capitalen_US
dc.subjectMastercard Foundation scholarshipen_US
dc.subjectExperimental economicsen_US
dc.subjectIncentivised game determinantsen_US
dc.subjectBilateralen_US
dc.subjectTrade flowen_US
dc.subjectEthiopiaen_US
dc.subjectGravity modelen_US
dc.subjectMastercard Foundation (MCF)en_US
dc.titleThe impact of a scholarship programme on social capital formation among university students : an economic experiment at the University of Pretoria, South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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