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The impact of the Mastercard foundation scholarship programme on social capital formation among university students : a case of the university of Pretoria, South Africa
Mini Dissertation (MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics))--University of Pretoria, 2021.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/82153 The impact of the Mastercard foundation scholarship programme on social capital formation among university students : a case of the university of Pretoria, South Africa Mungatana, Eric D. ericmuhulu@gmail.com Willinger, Marc Farolfi, Stefano Jourdain, Damien Chikwalila, Eric Muhulu Experimental economics UCTD Mastercard Foundation Scholarship Social Capital Formation University Students University of Pretoria South Africa Scholarship Programs Higher Education Educational Impact Social Networks Educational Inequality Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals Mini Dissertation (MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics))--University of Pretoria, 2021. This study determines whether the Mastercard Foundation (MCF) Scholarship Program causally influences the creation of cognitive social capital among University of Pretoria scholarship recipients, by using an online lab experiment and a post-experimental survey. Cognitive social capital, which is based on commonly shared norms among members, leads to honest and cooperative behaviour. It is necessary for information flow ease, transaction costs reduction, and allowing communities to deal with social dilemmas, which are fundamental for community development. To capture the impact of the MCF Program, the study compared MCF scholars (treated) and non-MCF scholars (controls) against levels of trust, reciprocity, altruism, cooperation, in-group favouritism and out-group discrimination. The results show that the Program has no statistically significant impact on levels of trust (MW p=0.3504), reciprocity (MW p=0.1688), altruism (MW p=0.8963), and cooperation (MW p=0.6503). The Program, however, has had statistically significant impact on levels of in-group favouritism and out-group discrimination. The post-experimental survey showed that MCF and non-MCF subjects were similar in terms of stated pro-social behaviour perceptions, and in-group social capital creation. In my study, we found that self-selection is not a significant source of bias because we sampled around 78% of the MCF population. We had 102 of approximately 130 MCF scholars on the scholarship at the time. I recommend that the Program should invest in greater education of its scholars on the importance of cooperation, altruism, social responsibility, trust, and trustworthiness to boost cognitive social capital formation. Keywords: Cognitive social capital, Mastercard Foundation Scholarship, Dictator game, Trust game, Public Goods game, Bomb Risk Elicitation Task. Student research fund es2025 Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development MSc Agric. (Agricultural Economics) Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-05: Gender equality SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2021-10-18T08:38:26Z 2021-10-18T08:38:26Z 2022-04 2021 Mini Dissertation * A2022 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/82153 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Experimental economics UCTD Mastercard Foundation Scholarship Social Capital Formation University Students University of Pretoria South Africa Scholarship Programs Higher Education Educational Impact Social Networks Educational Inequality Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals The impact of the Mastercard foundation scholarship programme on social capital formation among university students : a case of the university of Pretoria, South Africa |
| title | The impact of the Mastercard foundation scholarship programme on social capital formation among university students : a case of the university of Pretoria, South Africa |
| title_full | The impact of the Mastercard foundation scholarship programme on social capital formation among university students : a case of the university of Pretoria, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The impact of the Mastercard foundation scholarship programme on social capital formation among university students : a case of the university of Pretoria, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of the Mastercard foundation scholarship programme on social capital formation among university students : a case of the university of Pretoria, South Africa |
| title_short | The impact of the Mastercard foundation scholarship programme on social capital formation among university students : a case of the university of Pretoria, South Africa |
| title_sort | impact of the mastercard foundation scholarship programme on social capital formation among university students a case of the university of pretoria south africa |
| topic | Experimental economics UCTD Mastercard Foundation Scholarship Social Capital Formation University Students University of Pretoria South Africa Scholarship Programs Higher Education Educational Impact Social Networks Educational Inequality Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals |
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