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The effect of high stakes high school achievement awards : evidence from a school-centered randomized trial
Angrist, Joshua D. (contributor); Lavy, Victor (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
incentives to high school seniors in an experimental demonstration program. As a theoretical matter, such incentives may be … pressure not to study. The experiment studied here used a school-based randomization design offering awards to all students in … outcomes in an effort to determine how students responded to incentives. These results show students took more tests and were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002043926
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The Effect of High Stakes High School Achievement Awards : Evidence from a School-Centered Randomized Trial
Angrist, Joshua D.; Lavy, Victor - 2021
incentives to high school seniors in an experimental demonstration program. As a theoretical matter, such incentives may be … pressure not to study. The experiment studied here used a school-based randomization design offering awards to all students in … outcomes in an effort to determine how students responded to incentives. These results show students took more tests and were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319260
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The effect of high school matriculation awards : evidence from randomized trials
Angrist, Joshua D.; Lavy, Victor - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001720730
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The Effect of High School Matriculation Awards : Evidence from Randomized Trials
Angrist, Joshua D.; Lavy, Victor - 2021
offering substantial cash incentives in two demonstration programs. As a theoretical matter, cash incentives may be helpful if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013245091
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The Effect of High School Matriculation Awards : Evidence from Randomized Trials
Angrist, Joshua D. - 2002
offering substantial cash incentives in two demonstration programs. As a theoretical matter, cash incentives may be helpful if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469314
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The Effect of High Stakes High School Achievement Awards : Evidence from a School-Centered Randomized Trial
Angrist, Joshua D.; Lavy, Victor - 2004
incentives to high school seniors in an experimental demonstration program. As a theoretical matter, such incentives may be … pressure not to study. The experiment studied here used a school-based randomization design offering awards to all students in … outcomes in an effort to determine how students responded to incentives. These results show students took more tests and were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261895
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Incentives and Children's Dietary Choices : A Field Experiment in Primary Schools
Belot, Michèle - 2015
We conduct a field experiment in 31 primary schools in England to test the effectiveness of different temporary … of any effects six months later. Our results show that incentives can work, at least temporarily, to increase healthy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013575
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Mentoring, educational services, and incentives to learn : what do we know about them?
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2010
This paper reviews recent studies on the effectiveness of services and incentives offered to disadvantaged youth. We … programs ; incentives on inputs and outputs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153571
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Class size and the regression discontinuity design : the case of public schools
Cohen-Zada, Danny; Grâdšṭayn, Marq; Reuven, Ehud - 2009
Using a rich individual-level dataset on secondary public schools in Israel, we find strong evidence for discontinuities in the relationship between enrollment and household characteristics at cutoff points induced by a maximum class size rule. Our findings extend existing work that documents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932485
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New evidence on classroom computers and pupil learning
Angrist, Joshua D.; Lavy, Victor - 2001
The question of how technology affects learning has been at the center of recent debates over educational inputs. In 1994, the Israeli State Lottery sponsored the installation of computers in many elementary and middle schools. This program provides an opportunity to estimate the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403791