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This paper studies responses to high-stakes incentives arising from early ability tracking. We use three complementary … that stronger incentives decrease student well-being and intrinsic motivation to study. …
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This paper studies responses to high-stakes incentives arising from early ability tracking. We use three complementary … that stronger incentives decrease student well-being and intrinsic motivation to study. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314944
This paper studies responses to high-stakes incentives arising from early ability tracking. We use three complementary … that stronger incentives decrease student well-being and intrinsic motivation to study. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012317253
Most school systems grant teachers and school principals considerable discretion in grade retention decisions. This paper argues that schools can exploit this discretion by selectively retaining students to reduce class size which potentially has important implications for public spending on...
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This paper studies responses to high-stakes incentives arising from early ability tracking. We use three complementary … that stronger incentives decrease student well-being and intrinsic motivation to study. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012499810
, such as in labor markets. To understand the nature of inputs and incentives related to education in developing countries … incentives. What are critical inputs into different educational processes? How important are various incentives for improving … have direct impact on input decisions versus policies that alter longer-run incentives to invest in current education …
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This paper provides the estimates of average years of schooling in India for individuals aged 15 and above. The estimates are based on the nationally representative household surveys conducted by the National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India. We use the four rounds of employment...
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The focus of the study was to determine if a difference existed with student academic level placement when utilizing traditional placement exams versus using high school performance metric multiple measure placement. Additionally, the study explored academic performance outcomes between similar...
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This paper presents the result of a field experiment on the effectiveness of non-monetary incentives on pupils … and (iii) a delegation of choice over incentives. The effect of non-monetary incentives depends on pupils' socio …, predetermined non-monetary incentives crowd out intrinsic motivation for pupils in High Schools. In contrast, the endogenous choice …
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This paper investigates how community attitudes affect school attendance and child labor and how aggregate behavior of the community feeds back towards the formation and persistence of an anti- (or pro-) schooling norm. The proposed community-model continues to take aggregate and idiosyncratic...
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