Incentives and Services for College Achievement:Evidence from a Randomized Trial

Many North American college students have trouble satisfying degree requirements in atimely manner. This paper reports on a randomized field experiment involving two strategiesdesigned to improve academic performance among entering full-time undergraduates at alarge Canadian university. One treatment group (services) was offered peer advising andorganized study groups...

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Year of publication:	2007-10-01
Authors:	Angrist, Joshua David ; Lang, Daniel ; Oreopoulos, Phillip
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Ausbildung \| Belastung \| exposure

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Extent:	49 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Discussion Papers IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 3134 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	I21 - Analysis of Education ; I28 - Government Policy ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Personnel administration. Other aspects ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; North America. General Resources
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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