Levitt, Steven D.; List, John A.; Neckermann, Susanne; … - 2012
influence educational performance. Several insights emerge. First, we find that incentives framed as losses have more robust … effects than comparable incentives framed as gains. Second, we find that non-financial incentives are considerably more cost …-effective than financial incentives for younger students, but were not effective with older students. Finally, and perhaps most …