of financial incentives on student achievement. In stark contrast to simple economic models, our results suggest that … student incentives increase achievement when the rewards are given for inputs to the educational production function, but … incentives tied to output are not effective. Relative to popular education reforms of the past few decades, student incentives …

This article describes a randomized field experiment in which parents were provided financial incentives to engage in …

Domestic attempts to use financial incentives for teachers to increase student achievement have been ineffective. In …

understand the impact of aligned incentives on student achievement. In Washington DC, incentives were "horizontal" - provided to … assessments, homework, and uniforms). In Houston, TX, incentives were "vertical" - provided to multiple agents (parents, teachers …, and students) for a single input (math objectives). On outcomes for which we provided direct incentives, there were large …